Mark 2:27 Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

God made the Sabbath for us and for a reason. He did not have some spare time to take a day off; God started the Sabbath for our good.

Working your socks off to try and make a success of your business or to earn more money is not going to be good for your health; it may fill your pockets but at the cost of your wellbeing!

God knows this and so made the Sabbath so we would take time off to be closer to Him. He did not make it just so we would take time off but so we would enjoy our time off with Him!

Luke 13:15 The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Where do you draw the line about what you do or do not do on your day or rest? I know many church leaders cannot rest on Sundays because they are so busy with organising services and things so they should be taking another day off somewhere.

God has given us 6 days in which to do what needs to be done with another day as a day of rest. But that does not mean life coming to an end every week!

We need to continue living and allowing people to see that we love God and serve Him, even on our day of rest.

Mark 3:5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

Each time Jesus faced the religious crowd, this time in the synagogue, He had to contend with them and their version of the laws.

Jesus wants us to know His law but to apply it properly into our lives; this is why He personally said that the most important laws were to love God and people.

Not doing something just because someone else says it is frowned upon does not make it right. Following God and His ways is what we should be focusing on.