Watch Your Heart

By Richard

In Mark 3 we read that the Pharisees, “Had their eyes on Jesus…hoping to catch him in a Sabbath infraction." (Mark 3: 2, The Message). So Jesus, very publicly and very profoundly, heals a man with a shrivelled hand. The hand becomes as new. However, rather than celebrate we find the religious leaders plotting to get rid of Jesus. We discover later in the Gospels that the primary reason the religious leaders wanted to kill Jesus was not that he broke the rules but because they were envious. I think there’s a warning here that pride and jealousy can so easily blind us to the good around us. We need to keep a close eye on how we feel and be making absolutely sure that we seek the good over personal gain. I hope and pray that Mountainview becomes a church where we can celebrate the good that God is doing through others and being happy when others get the credit.