It Is About Doing What Is Right

Jesus entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered.  They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. 

He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”

And He said to them, “Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?” 

But they kept silent.

After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”  And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him.

Mark 3:1-6

Jesus did not spend time worrying about what people would think.  He saw a need and He filled it.  Jesus did what was right.

In the United States many politicians have become Pharisees.  They wield their power with the goal of getting re-elected and not serving the people.  They spend their time quibbling over if hungry people should be fed and homeless people should be sheltered and poor children should be educated in the same manner as their own children, and then, if they do decide to help the poor, they plan how they can extract payment from them through forced labor.

Jesus courageously served the people in spite of political opposition.   Our politicians could show a little courage today and say “no” to those who manipulate them with campaign money and “yes” to doing what is right.