Who Created Whom for What?

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have you not read in the Law how on the Sabbath the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. 7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” (Matthew 12)
We humans have an interesting tendency toward God: we want to create Him in our own image; we want to impose upon Him limitations and characteristics that fit into our plans for our lives.  Jesus faced that head on in dealing with the self-righteous religionists of His day.  They wanted to look religious by looking grumpy, by making God out to be an ogre we can appease by our good works.  God is not looking for grumps (except to change them...) and He does not make His laws to make us miserable.  His laws come out of His character. He made the laws of the sabbath to reflect His creativity, including the fact that He made all things good for us to enjoy.  His "restrictions" on Sabbath working are not to make our lives more difficult or painful, but so we will appreciate Him, His creation, and our relationship with Him to the full.  So let's not make any "rules" which get in the way of a great day; let us enjoy Him and what He has made.