Tuesday after the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on September 10, 2024 by under
Scripture: St. Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV)
10:38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”
41 And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
Devotion
It is easy in our daily lives to get caught up in worries. We have work obligations. We have family obligations. There is stress from bills, relationships, and the daily grind of life. On account of this, it is easy for us to neglect the most important thing that we can do on any day and in any situation. That is, to study the Word of God and pray. By these things the Lord God strengthens our faith to trust in Him and look to Him in all our needs.
Martha is an example to us. She was consumed with the things of this life, with the daily grind. She was so concerned about serving and fulfilling her duty as a hostess that she forgot the most important thing: the Word of the Lord God. Her sister, Mary, did not. She knew who was in their home. The Messiah, the Christ, had come into their home. He was there with the very words of life. The One sent by the Lord God was there in their home. Mary chose to sit and hear the words of the Lord Jesus, while Martha was consumed with the things of this world.
Who benefited most? It was Mary, who took the opportunity to be enlightened with the Word of the Lord Jesus. In the midst of our daily lives, which pull us in several different ways, let us take the opportunity daily to hear the Lord’s Word and give Him thanks for preaching salvation in Christ alone into our ears.
Collect: O Lord, we beseech Thee, let Thy continual pity cleanse and defend Thy Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without Thy succor, preserve it evermore by Thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
