Time to Pause closes out our sermon series on time. There really is time for everything including finding rest for your body and your soul.
Strange Clock
In a cartoon series I used to watch as a child, one of the characters is a turtle who has a strange clock. His clock doesn’t have numbers on it; it has pictures representing activities: five pillows (for naps), two meals, and three snacks. Kind of like a newborn schedule. Of course, in the show, the clock goes off at the seemingly worst possible times. “We need Skalman!” And then the clock strikes pillow, and he’s asleep. “We’ll have to wait until he wakes up!” No matter when the clock goes off, it always seems inconvenient. That’s how it can seem with Jesus. Every day, and every weekend, Jesus gives us a chance to pause and rest in his Word. But whenever the clock strikes Jesus, it seems inconvenient. Can’t this wait until tomorrow?
This Can’t Wait
Jesus’ argument that puts the synagogue ruler to shame puts our excuses to shame too. “Hypocrite, does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” In modern-day terms (this works if best if you’re a pet owner), “You wake up on your day off, and you want to sleep in, but your dog needs to go for a walk. That dog will not wait until tomorrow! Don’t you get up and let it out and give it water and food? So why should I wait, when I see not a dog but a person who needs to be led away from Satan? This woman was bound by Satan for 18 years—this can’t wait until tomorrow!”
Want to hear more? Watch this week’s message taken from Luke 13, Time to Pause.
Book(s): Luke
Series: Time For Everything
Tag(s): Stewardship
Speaker(s): Fred Guldberg