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“ 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!”   Luke 10:40 (NIV)

Set within the pages of Scripture is a familiar story of two different women (sisters in fact).  Subject #1 in this story (let’s call her Martha) was a hard-working woman who heard that the man named Jesus was coming to town.  Being conscientious, she invited him into her home and diligently made preparations for his stay.  What a woman!

When subject #2 (we’ll call her Mary) heard that Jesus was coming, she threw caution to the wind. In stalker-like fashion, Mary glued herself to the “man of God.”   How unbecoming!  Poor Martha was mortified and unapologetically asked Jesus to tell His new groupie to get back to reality- AND back to work.   How shocked she must have been when He told her that Mary had actually “chosen better.”  Seriously?

Like Martha, many women today recognize that Jesus is God.  They may even call Him Lord and invite Him into their lives.  But they never really assume a posture of worship.  They are much more consumed with the affairs of life, than the presence of God.  And even though Christ is in their lives, He is clearly not the Lord of their hearts.

Can you relate?  Have you invited God in, only to set him neatly to the side?  Have you been preoccupied by life’s distractions or consumed with the Lord?

“Lord, infuse our hearts with a new hunger for You.  Teach us to set our hearts on You, rather than the temporal distractions of life.  Help us to surrender to Your Lordship today.”
For His Glory

Claudia Dempsey
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