Distracted
By Her Many Tasks
Now as they went on their way, he
entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her
home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to
what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to
him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the
work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha,
Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only
one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from
her.”
It is easy to see Martha’s point of
view. In Proverbs, more than a dozen verses rebuke the slothful. And when some
first-century Christians stopped working and started to life off others, Paul
laid down the rules that if they did not work, they would not eat.
Our approach to work should be
well-balanced, just like our lives with God. Work is vital, but we should not
be so obsessed with it that it crowds out worship and spiritual instruction.
Work hard, but keep first things first.
Don’t be so
busy doing good
that you neglect to
do what’s right.
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