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What are you concerned with, the
details or the overall project? I have a friend who was a jet engine engineer. Because
of confidentiality agreements, she was not allowed to discuss the parts she
designed. Regardless of her agreement, she did not know much about the other
parts. She only really knew about the part she was responsible for and how it
affected the other parts around her. This was done on purpose in part so one
person could specialize on one part. Because of this she was oblivious to the
other parts of the engine. When we focus too much on one aspect of something,
we loose sight of the bigger picture.
That is exactly where the Pharisees
where. They were focused on the letter of the Law and not the heart of the Law.
The permission for priest to work on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:5), or David
getting food for his men (Matthew 12:3-4), or saving a sheep from a well
(Matthew 12:11) all point to the fact that God left room for heart in the Law
over strict observance to the Law.
Are we guilty of this today? Do we
look at what the life of a Christian is supposed to look like and demand it
forgetting our freedom and salvation in Christ? Do we forget that we are saved
by grace that nothing we can do will save us, and rely and trust on God for it?
I am not advocating a life filled with sin because of that freedom, just a life
that has assurance regardless of the mistakes we make.
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