“But Martha was distracted with all her preparations...the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary.” (Luke 10:40-42)

How is your perspective today?  Did you really slow down enough to consider the Jesus perspective from yesterday or do you find yourself in the same trap with the wrong perspective?  Sometimes we are so close to right perspective but refuse to apply.  Such was the case for Martha.  Jesus was in her home, right there with her. But she was “distracted.”  While her desire was commendable, her inner person was stressed.  The text says she was “worried and bothered.”  Worried here means “to be pulled in different directions.”  Bothered comes from a word meaning “noise or trouble.”  Why was she experiencing such? Jesus says she was attempting to do “so many things!”  Ahhhh!  There it is.  One who attempts to do “so many things” ends up with “troubled noise” in the inner man and the feeling of being “pulled in different directions.”  Sound familiar?  Jesus was right there but Martha had the wrong perspective.  Her “so many things” distracted her from the most important - Jesus.

Today is February 13.  Beware of the Martha perspective!

Blessings,

Jim