“A WOMAN NAMED MARTHA!”

Luke 10:38-42                 (ESV)

Martha and Mary

“[38] Now as they went on their way, JESUS entered a village. And “A WOMAN NAMED MARTHA” welcomed HIM into her house. [39] And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the LORD’s feet and listened to HIS teaching. [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.””

There are many times, when IN MY HASTE to ACCOMPLISH MANY THINGS, that I NEGLECT to SEE the most important and crucial things that are happening directly in front of me!  Formerly, I was moving SO QUICKLY that I sped through life so quickly, NOT being able to SEE many physical needs, LET ALONE the Spiritual “malnutrition” of myself and those in my “circle”!  “A WOMAN NAMED MARTHA” had a similar situation, she was so intent on “providing things” to those in supposed need that she couldn’t SEE their most critical deficiencies.  The SAVIOR OF ALL was in the midst of them, but she wanted to fulfill the “temporal” instead of the TRUE AND ETERNAL 

GOD is QUITE CAPABLE of SLOWING US DOWN and causing our EYES to be OPENED to SEE TRUTH all around us!!  HE used a seventeen day coma (followed bytwo years of not being able to work!) to SLOW me down in order that I would be able to SEE what was going on RIGHT in front of me!!  It wasn’t that I didn’t care about others, but I was moving TOO FAST to be able to SEE things in the path I was assigned!!

JESUS very plainly responded to Martha’s request for help from Mary, “Martha, Martha, you are ANXIOUS and TROUBLED about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which WILL NOT be taken away from her.”  The BLESSING that was ATTACHED to the choice that Mary made carried with it ETERNAL REWARDS, and they COULD NOT be taken away from her.  She may not even been aware of the CHOICE, but her BLESSINGS COULD NOT be removed!!!

There is NO WAY I can relate this to everyone who reads this, but my prayer is that the CREATOR will not have to place you in a coma to OPEN your EYES to SEE the TRUTH right in front of you!!   “A WOMAN NAMED MARTHA” was simply spoken to by THE MASTER!  Are you moving slowly enough to understand what HE is saying to you???