Allow Me To Meet You Series

(38) Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. (39) And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. (40) But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me." (41) But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, (42) but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."

Luke 10:38-42 - ESV

Introduction

Good morning, Church,

It is an honor to be back behind the pulpit this week! God has been so gracious and loving to us all.

What a powerful several weeks we have had, celebrating our annual summit and closing here with such a powerful word by Pastor Meraris! WOW

Today, I want to share something from the Lord's heart that will bless you all.

Context:

Jesus finished talking and responding to a religious leader about "Who is our neighbor?"

Jesus explained the parable of the Good Samaritan. While he finished, he headed over to Jerusalem, and on his way, he stopped by a place called Bethany; in that village, he made a pit stop at his friend's house. This is where we pick up.

Let us go to the book of Luke this morning, chapter 10, verses 38-42

Milk: The Lord Steps into the business of our life

My scripture reference

I have noticed that Jesus has an interesting way of interacting with people's lives.

One of the ways that he has done this is found in this passage.

Jesus walks into the busyness of Mary and Martha's House.

He was invited into the busyness of life of these two women.

This week, I was asked How I meet the Lord amid all the busyness.

This passage has a secret answer for us all, and it's the premise of this short reflection: you don't have to do more; just let Jesus step in.

Allow Jesus to meet you during the busyness of your life.

Life can get:

* Hectic

* troublesome

* Busy

* unpredictable

* frustrating

No matter how busy life can get, Jesus has a way to always step into our lives!

No matter how life gets to you, he will always find a way to cross to your village and go to your house!

I believe God will experience Jesus walking into your life this morning.

The questions that beg to be asked are the following:

Who are you going to be when Jesus steps into your life?

Mary or Martha?

Mary

She was also busy with life.

she had things to do

she had to clean the house,

do the dishes,

cook for the potluck,

go to the grocery store,

keep the neighbor's kids safe

go on a Zoom call for customer meetings

and make sure that food is available for unexpected guests.

What differentiates Mary here is her response; she chose to prioritize Jesus's visit and sit at his feet.

Martha

She was busy with life, and when she invited Jesus she:

started to make calls for the visit,

finished the dishes and laundry,

and started her 3-course dinner for her visitor,

she ran to and came back from the grocery store, finding drinks that had been forgotten

She Facetime Lazarus (mira muchcho aqui llego Jesus)

What differentiates Martha here is her response; she chose to prioritize cleaning the house for Jesus rather than being with Jesus.

Martha invites Jesus into her home, but Mary invites Jesus into her heart.

Many people become crabby and irritable when serving the Lord, just as Martha was.

It is easy to look at all we do and to criticize those who don’t seem to do as much. But Martha’s real problem wasn’tMary; it was Martha. She had become distracted and had taken her eyes off Jesus.

Have you taken your eyes off Jesus because you have been too busy?

Meat: We can’t get too involved in the doing that we first are doing it for.

The principle is simple: We can’t get too involved in the doing that we are first doing it for.

Martha did nothing wrong in working hard for Jesus — that was good. Her problem was that she became distracted with much serving. She was distracted from Jesus.

There is no doubt that Martha Loved Jesus!

We know that Martha truly enjoyed Jesus' presence, but she was caught up.

Have you ever been so caught up that you miss things?

I was so caught up with work that I missed important life-related things.

I went to Niagara Falls a few years back and got so caught up in taking the perfect picture that I missed the fact