Troubled about many things

Luk 10:38  Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Luk 10:39  And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

Luk 10:40  But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

Luk 10:41  And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:

Luk 10:42  But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

We get caught up in good things, needful things so much so we often lose sight of what's truly important. We begin to believe that we are doing God's work when in truth He wants us to LISTEN to Him, not satisfy our desire to be thought highly of by others.  For in truth wasn't Martha desiring the approval of her ability to be hospitable to those guests in their house? She wanted to be a good hostess, a good provider, a good cook, baker.  Martha was CUMBERED about with MUCH SERVING. She wanted to serve not from a place of humbleness but from a different place inside her. A place that is caught up in things not conducive to treasures she could lay up in heaven, the only treasures we can possess which can never be taken from us.

Jesus told Martha-  'Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.'

Are we careful and troubled about many things? 

Martha INVITED Jesus into her house!  She wasn't barged in upon, she wasn't forced to serve Jesus. Martha invited Him willingly, she wanted Him in her house, but perhaps she wanted the notoriety of having Him there.  No, she wasn't said to be a bad person, but rather careful and troubled about things.  She did want Jesus in her house, she did want to serve Him but she wanted Him to notice her hard work for Him. She was careful about serving Him, about being a good provider. She was troubled that she wasn't doing enough. She wanted help so she could do better. She wanted her sister to stop sitting about and help. But her sister wasn't just sitting about she was learning, she was listening, she was taking in eternal truths and not concerned with the temporal things. 

Are we so caught up in temporal things we neglect the eternal? We have to ask ourselves this and do it often because Satan will change tactics and trick us as often as he can to keep us from God. Satan will make us believe we are doing God's work when in truth we are doing work that separates us from God by filling us with pride in our own works.

Please Lord, we would be like Mary and seek the eternal, not be troubled about many things, help us, bless us, keep us in you!

All through the power of our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.