The Sabath

Pastor Brian spoke about this in the last get out of debt series we had.  He made a point that Chick-Fil-A seems to be doing very well as a business, even in this tough economic time, but it doesn't open on Sundays.  Anyway, now that you know all that heres what I'm really planning on talking about.

In Mark Chapter 2 Jesus Speaks on the Sabath. What happens is the disciples pick some grain to eat while walking through the field.  The Pharisees see this and make note of it to Jesus.  "Look, why are they breaking the law by harvesting on the Sabath?" they said.  Jesus came back with a story about David from the old testament which does a good job of getting the disciples off the hook.  However, its what is written afterwards that I find most interesting.  To conclude the chapter, Mark records Jesus as saying, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of the people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath."  That's very interesting wouldn't you say.  Pretty much Jesus is saying, "Look, the sabbath wasn't made to be a challenge for you.  Meeting the requirements of the Sabbath wasn't the purpose.  The purpose is that humans have the best life we they take a day off."  We as humans need a Sabbath.  We need to take a break or else we will be burnt out.  God is pretty intelligent, He doesn't just make rules because He wants to make us struggle, He makes them because He knows that they will help us.  I'm willing to bet that we can apply this logic to the law as well.  The law wasn't created to make us struggle, it was created because humans need something to guide them, or else we would spend our lives doing a lot of junk that was not beneficial to ourselves. 

So, in conclusion, trust God.  He knows what He is talking about.  Give yourself a day off, even if you feel you can't afford it.