Look at Luke 10:1:
We know Martha was hosting at
least 13 people, plus Mary and
herself—that's 15. What about
their brother, Lazarus? You
know he was there, and that
would make 16. What if the
other 70 Jesus appointed had
been there? She could very well
1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE
LORD APPOINTED OTHER
SEVENTY ALSO, AND SENT
THEM TWO AND TWO
BEFORE HIS FACE INTO
EVERY CITY AND PLACE,
WHITHER HE HIMSELF
WOULD COME.
6 HUMBLE YOURSELVES
THEREFORE UNDER THE MIGHTY
HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY
EXALT YOU IN DUE TIME:
7 CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON
HIM; FOR HE CARETH FOR YOU.
Remember
that
word
taught
Mary
WORD-seed
later
in
Martha
already
over,
what
what
so
beans
today!"
whole
less
Faith
alone,
mentioned
Remember,
The
Only
and
(Romans
7:1-10:
39
AND SHE HAD A SISTER
CALLED MARY, WHICH
ALSO SAT AT JESUS' FEET,
AND HEARD HIS WORD.
Notice Jesus said that it was Mary's choice to sit and hear Jesus. She
submitted herself to His WORD. Right in the middle of all that was
going on around her, she put the Master and His WORD first place. But
let's not take anything from Martha.
have been responsible for
feeding 86 people. Either way
you look at it, 86 or 16, that's a
lot of people, especially with no
help. That makes the words of
Jesus even more important to
you and me. What if Martha had
done what the Apostle Peter
learned and wrote about in 1
Peter 5:6-7?
