Why do we read God’s Word Daily? When we open God’s Word, we don’t just encounter great writing, profound truths, and timeless wisdom. We come face-to-face with the Author. Our time in the Scripture draws us into a relationship with the one who spoke Scripture into being. The Bible is more than a good book, it is God’s living, active, Spirit-breathed, Holy Word.
When I started reading Luke 6, I noticed Jesus and the Pharisees were on a collision course centered around their most important tradition: the Sabbath. Jesus clarifies that this discussion about the Sabbath is an issue of the heart. On the Sabbath, the disciples plucked the heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. Jesus also healed a “paralyzed” man’s hand.
The Pharisees were immersed in the Scriptures but missed the very essence of its meaning.
Jesus immediately gets to the heart of the issue from a story in 1 Samuel 21:6. Human needs must always have priority over religious traditions and regulations. Love is the key.
Jesus enters a synagogue to teach and is immediately drawn toward the one hurting the most. That is so unlike myself. I seek out those doing the best, the happiest, the spiritual ones. Not Jesus. He found the one experiencing paralysis because He’s always drawn to the one with the greatest need.
What insights can we glean from Luke 6?
