Today's daily lesson comes from Mark chapter 2 verses 23 through 28:
23 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” 25 And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: 26 how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” 27 And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
One of the things I love about Jesus was that he was willing to go to bat folks. When something needed to be said or done you could count on him to have the best interest of the people in mind. That oftentimes put Jesus at odds with those committed to serving the interests of the institution and obeying the letter of the law -- as interpreted by its enforcers. Sometimes that created conflict and there was personal cost. But Jesus nevertheless spoke up on behalf of those who needed a voice.
In today's lesson, Jesus' disciples were hungry and started pluck grain, breaking the law against Sabbath harvesting. Though Jesus himself did not take part in the incident, neither did he throw his disciples under the bus. He stood up for them, and he used a precedence from the Bible to do it.
Jesus was an able leader willing to speak up for what was right -- especially when it came to the welfare of others.
Another words, he was the kind of leader I would respect and follow.
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