“I’m Sick and Tired”

Tuesday, January 04, 2022

Then He said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they kept silent. And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.” (Mark 3:4-5)
 
The occasion was the Sabbath, and on this particular Sabbath, Jesus had encountered a man with a withered hand.  Jesus commanded the man to stand in the midst of the crowd.  The critics began to question,  “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”  The response of Jesus to the critics is revealed in the verses above.
 
In this story Jesus displays an attitude of anger and grief.  Such grief is not directed toward those involved, but toward the sin itself.  Jesus was grieved by their hypocrisy and hardness of heart.  Instead of accepting the impetus behind the miracle (i.e. proof that He is the Son of God), their prejudiced minds found reason to criticize.  The very “blessing of God” was in their midst, but they turned the blessing into a curse!  Jesus was sick and tired of this heinous attitude!
 
Do you ever feel like Jesus?  Are you sick and tired of this world and its lawlessness?  Do you get tired of reading and hearing about violence and immorality?  Are you fed up with dishonest businessmen and politicians?  Have you had it with delinquent parents and torn marriages?   Are you weary of selfish brethren?  Does it grieve you to hear of another false doctrine?  Why does the world make life so difficult when the will of God is so simple and easy to accomplish?
 
If you have such feelings, then congratulations!  You may be in the elite remnant!  You could be God’'s child!  You share the same feelings as the Christ, the Son of God!
 
by George Slover

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