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Luke 10 - Devotion · The Five Minute Bible Podcast

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  Welcome to Five Minute Bible in our journey through the New
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  Testament. In each episode, we take just a
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  few minutes to focus on one chapter of the New Testament,
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  exploring the truths God is teaching us through His Word and
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  expanding our view of who He is. Before you listen, make sure
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  you've gone straight to the source, either by reading
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  today's chapter of the Bible yourself or listening to today's
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  read along episode in this podcast feed.
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  If you haven't done that yet, feel free to pause and do that
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  now. When you're ready, let's dive
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  into God's Word together. In Luke chapter 10, Jesus comes
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  to the House of a woman named Martha.
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  We know that this Martha has a sister named Mary, who we'll
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  meet in a second, and a brother named Lazarus, whose story we'll
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  save for another day. What happens at Martha's house
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  in Luke 10 May be a familiar story to you, but listen to what
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  happens. I think there is a lot for us to
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  take from it. Now as they were travelling
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  along, he entered a village and a woman named Martha welcomed
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  him into her home. She had a sister called Mary who
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  was seated at the Lord's feet listening to his word.
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  But Martha was distracted with all her preparations and she
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  came up to him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister
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  has left me to do all the serving alone?
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  Then tell her to help me. But the Lord answered and said
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  to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so
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  many things, but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has
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  chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her.
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  So try to put yourself in the scene here.
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  Martha has just welcomed Jesus into her home.
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  There has never been a more honored guest to walk through
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  her door. And not just Jesus, but his
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  disciples too. All of the sudden her house is
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  full of tired, hungry travellers and one of them is the Messiah.
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  This has to be the most consequential hosting she has
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  ever done. As someone taking hospitality
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  seriously. This is Martha's Super Bowl and
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  so we see her get distracted with all of her preparations.
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  She was busy. Dinner for this group was not
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  going to make itself. Then Martha starts to get
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  frustrated. Not only is she busy working,
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  but she sees that her sister Mary, who she thinks should be
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  helping her with the preparation, is just sitting at
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  the feet of Jesus listening to His words.
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  Martha's reinforcements have bailed on her and she is alone
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  at work. So Martha asked Jesus to
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  arbitrate. She says to him, Lord, do you
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  not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone?
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  Then tell her to help me. Surely Jesus will see it her
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  way. It's obvious she thinks that
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  Mary is neglecting her duties and needs to get back to work.
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  But listen to Jesus response. Martha, Martha, you're worried
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  and bothered about so many things, but only one thing is
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  necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not
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  be taken away from her. Jesus sees that the preparation
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  is getting the best of Martha. He sees that she's worried.
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  He sees that she is bothered. And what he points out is not
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  that the work is bad or that serving is a waste of time.
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  He doesn't scold her. He invites her into something
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  better. Jesus points out to Martha the
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  difference between working for the Lord and being with the
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  Lord. Martha is fully engrossed in
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  doing, in working, in laboring, and she is running out of fuel.
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  Meanwhile, Mary is sitting at the feet of Jesus, being filled
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  up by his teaching and by his presence.
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  She has chosen the necessary thing.
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  That's the word Jesus uses to describe it.
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  Necessary on a day when, to Martha, so many things seemed
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  necessary. The cooking, the cleaning, the
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  serving, the working. Jesus says there's only one
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  thing that's necessary, one that is non negotiable and that is
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  sitting at His feet. Work isn't bad.
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  Serving isn't bad, diligence isn't bad.
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  But don't miss the main thing, the necessary thing, the thing
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  without which none of that serving or working will be
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  possible. Don't miss the opportunity to
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  sit in the presence of the Savior.
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  Don't miss the opportunity to be filled up with His words, to be
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  equipped and encouraged at His feet.
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  And Jesus will certainly call you to work for him.
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  But that work will be empowered, enlivened by His nearness, by
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  our experience and intimacy with the life giving Savior.
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  What are you worried and bothered by today?
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  What is consuming your thoughts, your time, and your efforts?
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  Whatever it is, don't miss what is necessary.
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  Don't miss Jesus.