Blank Was Made For Man

Mark 2:27=28 “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.” 


Jesus says it all in one sentence. You can fill in the blanks. ________ was made for man, not man for _________. Air, light, water, life, food, you pick what to use to fill in the blanks. Everything would have existed just fine without us, but God wanted us to have them. He then gave us the ability to use them, like iron and oil and coal and rubber and....... He also gave us the freedom to abuse them like air and water and other people and ......... 


I am often surprised by the way we never give God credit for what he gave us, while we jump at the chance to criticize him for what he doesn't prevent us from doing. We give Him no credit for the elements used to create a gun, but will dismiss His reality because he doesn't stop someone from using what we made from His gifts. I just go HUH? What's with that?


Why do we get so much backwards? 


Is every blessing in my life to my credit?


Does every problem belong to God?


I don't know what you would say, but it might depend on how you fill in the blanks.