Hebrews 6:10-20 / Mark 2:23-28
One of the reasons why some people do not wish to embrace a religion is because of the obligations to the laws and practices of the religion.
In as much as they may believe in a supreme divine being, they prefer to remain as "free-thinkers" - free from religious obligations, and perhaps, moral obligations.
And we ourselves may at times find our religious obligations and laws rather cumbersome and inconvenient, and we may even think that some are like a nuisance.
But laws and obligations have a purpose. They are meant to help those who need black-and-white instructions to what needs to be done and what needs to be observed.
More than that, they also help us know where we are in our spiritual life, and to find a direction in our relationship with God.
Hence we must remember that our God is not a God of laws and commandments and obligations.
He is a God of relationships, and Jesus is the expression of that relationship.
And if Jesus is the master of the Sabbath, which is a holy day, then He is leading us into a holy relationship with God and with each other.
It is in this holy relationship that we will understand the laws and commandments and obligations.
Over and above, let us be holy, just as our Lord God is holy.