Give Strength to the Broken

Over the summer we have spent our time talking about Receiving the Heart of Jesus. What does it mean to love the way He loved? What does it mean to do what Jesus did? Today’s lesson comes to us from Matthew 12.1-14 where Jesus and the disciples get into a confrontation over the keeping of manmade sabbath day rules … which had been … in some cases … elevated above God’s law. It is not accidental that Matthew places this story right after the conclusion of chapter 11 where Jesus promises “rest for your souls.”