Working 7 days a week

Do you know why many of the religious leaders in Jesus day were accusing him of blasphemy etc? There were many reasons for that. Consider this - he hang out with "sinners" and "tax collectors". The religious leaders didn't. He "worked" seven days of the week. They worked 6 days and rested on the Sabbath.

It was on the background of this reputation that Jesus said things like "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath" and that "The Son of Man is the Lord of the Sabbath." (See Mark 2:27-28).

In terms of the Sabbath, Jesus' claims to divinity (eg John 8:58) were particularily offensive in the eyes of many. You see, not even God worked on the Sabbath - when created the world he worked 6 days and then rested and commanded "You too rest, just I rested." So in the minds of the religious leaders Jesus was "raving mad" and "demon-possessed". "God would rest on the Sabbath, but this Jesus fellow does what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath."

Funny, they missed the point. Every day is the Lord's day! We're meant to love 7 days a week 24 hours a day, and not just when it is convenient. The religious observance of the Sabbath was meant to teach people to love and to do good, but if after "resting" on the Sabbath you do not love, or do not live every other day as the Lord's day as well then you are really lost. Jesus said it. I'm just repeating it.

So whether I am working or resting, every day of the week is a loving day. That's taking ownership of my faith.