Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“Therefore the Jews started persecuting Jesus, because he was doing such things on the sabbath. But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is still working, and I also am working.’”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, February 7, 2022
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
Wait. So does God rest or not? Maybe it was just that one time, after creation was finished. Other places in the bible it talks about how God doesn’t sleep, is always with us, etc. And I, for one, would like to think that if there’s a crisis, it’s not going to become catastrophic because God is chilling on a beach somewhere for a couple days. No, God is always working for our good. And Jesus had no time for people who were trying to prevent him from doing God’s work on a technicality. As usual, the establishment clung to the letter of the law while missing the entire point of the law, which is to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves. Arbitrary religious rules should never be used as a way to prevent justice being done. Jesus was crystal clear on that point.
What excuses am I tempted to make for not acting on behalf of another person?