Sunday Reading: Matthew 12:10-13
Key Verse: Matthew 12:10
10 And behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths? This so that they might accuse Him.
Devotion:
How many times have you asked yourself the question about what you should be doing on Sunday? Sunday? I thought the passage said the Sabbath? Yes, we do now worship Christ on Sunday instead of the Sabbath but that is because we like to celebrate Christ’s resurrection which was on Sunday. God wanted man to set aside a day for Him so that they could make sure that they were thinking on God instead of being waylaid by all the trimmings of life! When Christ came and laid Himself down as the final sacrifice, the days of sacrificing were ended. There are still arguments about whether man should worship on Saturday or Sunday but most would agree to Sunday.
So, should we be giving up everything we do on Sundays and be spending it with God? Yes we should be aiming to do that; but as Christ points out, there are still things that we should be doing in our lives and those things always have to be done. If we give up eating and drinking we would starve… If we gave up tending to livestock, they may well suffer… If we gave up our normal family duties we would not be doing what God wants us to do and that is to live for Him.
If we want to live for Christ we have to make sure that we are prepared for it. Being prepared to live for Christ means that we have to have our lives in order so that we can concentrate on what we can do for Him… Ever so logical when we say it as simply as that, but we do tend to forget about all manner of things and then come Sunday we suddenly feel like we have to get al of those things sorted out before we can then give our time to God! We need to make sure that we do spend quality time with Christ and not just give Him our spare time! Make time and use it wisely.
Points to Ponder:
What do you do at the weekends?
Are you spending any quality time with God?
