“One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?’….Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." - Mark 2:23-27
Reflection by Raphael Steuart
As I reflect on this Bible passage, my impression of what Jesus was asking the men in the synagogue was not that an action one takes is good or evil, socially acceptable or not or even disturbs the status quo. Jesus is asking “What is the right thing to do?”
Always do the right thing!
In life’s journey that God has graciously given us, our path is often not as straight and smooth as we would like it. On occasion we find ourselves looking straight up the side of a mountain and wondering what in the world should we do next? This mountain is in our way, disturbing our straight path, making us take action which may be stressful, disagreeable or clearly require a lot more work!
It is easy for us as “good Christian” people to every once in a while take the uncomplicated path around the mountain towards our destination… simply NOT “Do the right thing.” As challenging as “Do the right thing” is for us at times – we must trust in God and give Him our very best at ALL times! This is not easy… quite often strenuous, exhausting, complicated, baffling – the list goes on and on! However, life is not a “cake walk!”
To “Do the right thing” as a daily application will be rewarding and soul replenishing! God has promised His children the perfect reward but rewards are not freely given out… they are earned! A question becoming increasingly more popular every day… “What would Jesus do?” is the perfect question to ask ourselves any and every time we are face to face with a mountain and its obstacles… Climb, Climb, Climb over that mountaintop and “Always do the right thing!”
