At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven’t you read in the Law that the priests on Sabbath duty in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are innocent? I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

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‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭15‬-‭20‬
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Jesus, at the end of Chapter 11, tells us to come to him when we are weary and heavy laden and he will give us rest. This indicates that he is the source, or knows the source, of rest.

Here we find that God created the Sabbath, the 7th day, the day of rest. “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” (‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬-‭3‬).

And in John 1 we find that Jesus, equated to The Word, was with God in the beginning.

So what does this mean? He helped make the Sabbath with God the Father, along with all of creation. He is the source of rest. He, then, grants rest. And so he is Lord of the Sabbath and of rest.

So this is not a question of whether or not his disciples keep the Sabbath, when the Lord of the Sabbath is present. Instead, it is a question of their hearts and who they follow, who they sacrifice for, and who is the Lord of their lives.

We learn in Colossians that Jesus, the Son of God, was the firstborn of all creation and he created all things. He is the image of the invisible God. He is over all things, all things were created by him and he holds all things together. The complete fullness of God is on him. These are statements that make him equal to God. He is Lord over all.

The issue was not one of breaking an interpretation of a minor rule on the Sabbath. The issue was surrendering to the Lord of the Sabbath or not. Jesus called this out and urged them to recognize his Lordship.

Do I understand and fully commit all in the belief that Jesus is Lord of each and every relationship and situation in my life?

Lord of the Sabbath, I receive your rest today and every day. I place you in the highest place. You are Lord of all!