How easily are you distracted? Do you bounce from one shiny object to another? Do you jump from one topic to another in your conversations? Do you get wound up when preparing for a party or family dinner? Do you get stressed when you have more to do than you can get done?
Distraction seems to be the name of the game these days. We are distracted by entertainment. We are distracted by social media. We bounce around like Mexican jumping beans going from one thing to the next and our conversations follow suit. And all of this stresses us out.
Martha was stressed out. She felt overwhelmed trying to get dinner ready for Jesus. It’s possible some of His disciples were with Him. Martha, ever attempting to be the good hostess, was putting together dinner for all of them. She was making a sauce for the bread to be dipped in. She was cooking vegetables. She may have been cooking a lamb.
Regardless of what Martha was cooking, she wanted help and thought Mary should be helping her. She got angry enough to go to Jesus and confronted Him. She wanted to know if He cared that she was making all this effort and Mary wasn’t helping. She wanted Him to tell Mary to get up and help out.
Jesus had something else in mind. He used the situation for an object lesson. The lesson? Nothing is important as spending time with Him, not even fixing dinner. Mary had chosen to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to Him. She chose to learn what He was teaching. We, too, should prioritize learning from Jesus, sitting at His feet and turning our worries over to Him.
I pray we all take time to spend with Jesus. I pray we understand nothing is as important as Jesus. I pray each one of us learn from Jesus and apply those lessons in our daily lives. Spend time with Jesus. Nothing is more important than Jesus. Learn from Jesus. Apply Jesus’ lessons in your daily life.
Luke 10:41-42 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things, but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
Marty Pressey 