A TRUE TALE OF TWO SISTERS - LUKE 10:38–42

A TRUE TALE OF TWO SISTERS

LUKE 10:38–42

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better.” (Luke 10:41–42)

1. Martha opened her home, but Mary opened her heart (Luke 10:38–39). Don’t miss the fact that Martha opened her home to Jesus. Martha’s hospitality brought Him there. If only Martha had understood that Christ wanted her heart more than He wanted her home.

2. Distraction is the noble person’s biggest hindrance to listening (Luke 10:39–40). Martha wasn’t stopping her ears and refusing to listen. She simply “was distracted.”

In Luke 10:40, the Greek word for “distracted” is perispao, meaning “to draw different ways at the same time, hence to distract with cares and responsibilities.”