Jesus knew that the Father could spare Him the agony of the Cross. He completely understood people’s desire for God to ask less of them. Offering a new Way, Jesus taught that a patchwork of old, rigidly applied rules ripped away faith. Before curing a man with a withered hand, the Lord left Pharisees in a synagogue speechless by asking if the law allowed doing something good on the Sabbath. Crowds pressed upon Jesus, trying to get near enough to touch Him in hope of healing. When we want God to speak to us in obvious ways, like Jesus’ voice heard by Saul in the midst of a bright light, do we consider that we may just need a new approach to avoiding what distracts us?