Monday, February 23, 2009

The Wrong Focus

Mark 3:2 KJV
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

I am amazed at how blind a person can become to those things that really matter spiritually. As Jesus entered into the synagogue, they were not concerned for the man with the withered hand, nor did they even question whether the Lord could heal him.

They just wanted to see if he would do it on the Sabbath or not.

Before them was the most wonderful opportunity a man can ever be presented with. Jesus, God in the flesh stood before them.
There is salvation from sin
There is reconciliation with God
There is hope for eternity
There are answers to man greatest needs


All they wanted to see is if Jesus would break the Sabbath.

And He wouldn't even really do that by healing the man; he would only be breaking the Pharisee's restrictive and unauthorized interpretation of the Sabbath.

Now the point of this is not concerning their blindness, but concerning ours. How often Jesus must present Himself to us with opportunities to be made right with God and our eyes are too focused on silly things to see what really would have been important.

Let us ask the Lord to keep us set clearly upon Christ.

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