Mark 3
Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
3 Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and
a man with a shriveled hand was there.2 Some
of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to
see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand
up in front of everyone.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on
the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they
remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply
distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your
hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot
with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
As we know, Herod wanted
to kill Jesus at birth because he knew that the birth of the Messiah, the King
of the Jews, would somehow dethrone him. Jesus, now an adult, was still being
dogged by the Herodians. The issue here is not whether healing on the Sabbath
really mattered as much as the message in the silence of the crowd, which spoke
volumes. Nobody spoke up!
Jesus asked them a
direct question, but because of their stubborn hearts they couldn't receive or
accept the miracle that was being performed right in front of their faces regardless of the Sabbath Day designation.
Perhaps the reason why our
situations, our circumstances, our finances, and our relationships aren't shifting
or changing is because we refuse to answer Jesus when He speaks to us directly…or
maybe the miracle, or the solution, is right in front of our faces and we are
too stubborn to receive it.
A stubborn heart will
always keep the miracle from being manifested.
Stand in the presence of God, stretch out your hand, and be restored.
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