He said to them, 

"Haven't you ever read what David did when he was in need, when he and those with him were hungry?

During the time when Abiathar was high priest, David went into God's house and ate the bread of the presence, which only the priests were allowed to eat. He also gave bread to those who were with him."

Then he said, 

"The Sabbath was created for humans; humans weren't created for the Sabbath. This is why the Human One  is Lord even over the Sabbath."

Mark 2:25-28 CEB

The rules, the things that God had instituted to speak life into people had become ways of sucking life out of people.

Jesus said to these people who were questioning him not only stating his authority, but also the intent. 

Sabbath, rest, is not a reward for working, it's not a time and space to recharge so we can be depleted doing things, but a way of being that reflects God's design for our flourishing.

The Pharisees had turned it into something else - we all have this ability to turn something God made for our good into some kind of weapon or control thing.

Jesus tipped up their view of Sabbath because it had gotten away from our God's heart for people.

He loves us.

Our God is Love.

Jesus said "I am the Way,

The Truth,

And The Life"

May you and I, may we, experience Sabbath, rest, restoration, whatever is in front of us today

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