Luke 10:38 - As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a siter called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But 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! "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it wil not be taken away from her."
This passage of scripture speaks a couple of things to me:
1. We cannot be so busy doing things for Jesus that we do not spend any time with him. We must be careful to not let our service to Christ degenerate into mere busywork that is no longer full of devotion to God.
2. Don't assess the value or quality of another's service unto the Lord, we are not God. Martha judged her sister Mary, and went as far to tell Jesus to tell her sister to help her with preparations. Jesus set her straight by telling her, Mary has chosen what is better. Our responsibilites should not consistently prevent us from being hospitable, loving, and kind to people. If we are too busy for God and people in general, we are simply too busy.
This passage of scripture speaks a couple of things to me:
1. We cannot be so busy doing things for Jesus that we do not spend any time with him. We must be careful to not let our service to Christ degenerate into mere busywork that is no longer full of devotion to God.
2. Don't assess the value or quality of another's service unto the Lord, we are not God. Martha judged her sister Mary, and went as far to tell Jesus to tell her sister to help her with preparations. Jesus set her straight by telling her, Mary has chosen what is better. Our responsibilites should not consistently prevent us from being hospitable, loving, and kind to people. If we are too busy for God and people in general, we are simply too busy.
