Angry and Deeply Saddened

Mark 3

1 Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand. 2 Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.
3 Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” 4 Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.
5 He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! 6 At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus.

A couple of things jump out at me in this passage: 1) Jesus challenges the thinking and status/quo of the religious leaders. 2) Jesus gets ANGRY and deeply saddened by hardened hearts.

Lord, help me to be open to Your teaching. Protect me from a hardness of heart towards what You would want me to do, to learn, and may my life reflect Your will always.