“MARTHA, MARTHA!”

Luke 10:40-42                     (ESV)

“40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to HIM and said, "LORD do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me."

41 But the LORD answered her, "MARTHA, MARTHA”, you are ANXIOUS and TROUBLED about many things,

42 but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her." 

Matthew 14:15-21                    (ESV)

“15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to HIM and said, "This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

16 But JESUS said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat."

17 They said to HIM, "We have only FIVE LOAVES here and TWO FISH."

18 And HE said, "Bring them here to ME."

19 Then HE ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, HE looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then HE broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.”

JESUS fed five thousand men, along with their women and children, all by HIMSELF with FIVE LOAVES and TWO FISH in Matthew 14!  Yet in Luke 10 Martha was ANXIOUS and TROUBLED about many things when Mary wasn’t that helping her serve her Master and guests.   There was obviously something wrong, because JESUS wouldn’t want someone to “sit around” and not help when HE was being served, WOULD HE???  It would serve us MUCH BETTER to grasp just WHO is living inside of our bodies, guiding us through “this world”!  

Let’s take a look at a few instances and SEE what JESUS said about us “helping” HIM:::

Exodus 14:14 (ESV)  “The LORD will fight for you, and YOU HAVE ONLY TO BE SILENT."

Genesis 28:15  (ESV)  “Behold, I AM with you and WILL KEEP YOU wherever you go, and WILL BRING YOU BACK to this land. For I will not leave you until I HAVE DONE what I HAVE PROMISED you." 

Proverbs 15:3  (ESV)  “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.”

1 Samuel 12:16  (ESV)  “Now therefore STAND STILL and see this great thing that the LORD WILL DO before your eyes.”

And I could go on and on!  There are times when man has to observe ALMIGHTY GOD to be able to SEE a MIRACLE!   Isaiah 42:8 says “I am the LORD; that is MY name; MY GLORY I give to no other, nor MY praise to carved idols”.  GOD will NOT share HIS Glory with another, and most of us cannot help but “brag” a little when HE “blesses” us, even when we had nothing to do with the blessing!  Perhaps we should testify more about HIS Goodness to us and less about our own accomplishments???

“MARTHA, MARTHA” wasn’t looking for a miracle, she saw a need and wanted to meet that need.  Mary was more interested in gleaning what she could from JESUS, and letting everything else fall into place.  

Aren’t we a little similar to “MARTHA, MARTHA”?   We SEE the need and we desire to solve the problem when we should be listening to HIS direction for our lives?!?