The Important Thing

<p>THE IMPORTANT THING notes</p> <p>The important thing is to know what is the most important thing.  The Bible speaks about Jesus being close friends of a man called Lazarus and his two sisters, Martha and Mary. Jesus would raise Lazarus from the dead and Mary would soon anoint feet of Jesus before his betrayal and his death on the cross. But prior to those events there is a story about Jesus being invited to have a meal in the home of Martha in Luke Chapter 10. Luke 10:38  Jesus was welcomed to go and enjoy a meal in the house of Martha. But Martha was left to to do all the preparation on her own while her sister Mary sat at Jesus’ feet taking in every word that he said.  Martha became stressed and upset with her sister Mary, and so she approached Jesus and said, “ Lord, don’t you care (melo – to realize it matters!) that my sister has left me to tend to all this work on my own? So tell her to help me.” And Jesus answered and said to her, “ Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed (chreia – most important – a must), and Mary has chosen that (most) important thing, and that can never be taken away from her.</p> <p>There are a number of important things happening here. Martha thought that what she was doing, in preparing and serving up a meal was an important thing. Martha also thought that having someone to help her prepare was an important thing. Jesus would have appreciated the care that Martha had put into the preparation of the dinner and been blessed by that, but he was concerned about Martha’s attitude of resentment and judgment towards her sister Mary and himself that they were not being considerate of her. Martha thought that Jesus did not think that what she was doing was important, that he didn’t care – that it didn’t really matter. Imagine telling God that he should get his priorities right about what really matters.</p> <p>Jesus had to address Martha, but not to scold her; He loved her and Mary as sisters, as he loved their brother Lazarus