Martha, Mom’s & Most of Us
May 11, 2025
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” —Luke 10:38-42
To be distracted is to be pulled in many directions.
The greatest threat to faith today is not heresy, but distraction. —David Wells
Martha thinks the problem is Mary, but Jesus says the real problem is her anxious and fearful heart.
This kind of anxiety is very subtle. It has a selfish root but its fruit looks deceptively like unselfishness. It’s the desire for approval dressed up to look like the desire to serve. It’s my caring what you think of me dressed up to look like my caring for you. It looks so much like the right thing that we believe it is the right thing. That’s why Martha was confident that Jesus would agree with her about Mary. —Jon Bloom
Have you ever thought about how fear and anxiety could be accelerating the pace of your life?
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. —Psalm 73:26
Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. —Philippians 3:8
CLARIFYING PRIORITIES
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary can speak. —Hans Hoffman