“WHO SAT AT THE LORD’S FEET!”

 

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.””

My wife is THE BEST caretaker ever!  She used to have company over to our home and cook EVERYTHING, AND serve EVERYTHING, then clean up EVERYTHING, with hardly any assistance!  My grandmother was precisely like this.  She would do EVERYTHING for her family and guests, except she would permit the dishes to be washed by others.  

But JESUS was dealing with Mary and Martha at this particular moment.  Martha was SO engrossed with performing the “earthly needs” of those around her that she was unable to SEE the HEAVENLY NEEDS of those who THE LORD had allowed to be in her presence!  Mary was “content” hearing THE WORD from THE LORD, when Martha was consumed with filling their stomachs, while THE SOULS of the guests were what JESUS was dealing with at the time!!!

My wife has “the gift” of taking care of the physical needs of the guests who GOD has assigned to our family, probably as well as my grandmother!!  But I don’t fulfill the “heavenly needs” requirement NEARLY as well as my SAVIOR!!!  Mary, “WHO SAT AT THE LORD’S FEET”, was yielding to HIS TEACHINGS.  Martha was TOO BUSY “doing” rather than making sure that the SPIRITUAL NEEDS were being addressed!!!

People wouldn’t appreciate my culinary skills if a meal was served to them by me!  But do I perform the servant skills that I have been SET ASIDE to perform???  I need to discover what GOD has set me aside to do and perform those DEEDS precisely how HE reveals them to me!!!  Perhaps I can provide the scenario for those “WHO SAT AT THE LORD’S FEET” to be alone with HIM???