Jesus Blessed the Mess Luke 10:38-42
1. I heard this said somewhere “Pay no attention to my mess Bless this Mess she said”
• Martha maybe the neat, tidy, and organized housekeeper the text says 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.
• Mary may have been “Messy Mary” closets filled with clothes, garages packed with tools etc… room for everything except the car, desks filled with papers. Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
• Martha straightened up the house, welcome Jesus, prepares a meal for him
• Mary “Sit at the Lord’s feet,” “Listen to what he taught. I have just one precious life,’ so I’m going to use it to soak up the word of the Lord.”
2. One of the ladies we might say is a Worker and One a Slacker
• The worker Martha is doing her duty, she is not going to bring shame on her family by having a messy house no way
• Mary the slacker The duty of Jewish woman, is to help with household chores, By sitting at the feet of Jesus, she is acting like a man taking the place of a disciple! She’s violating a crystal-clear social boundary, and bringing shame upon her house!
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3. Our text ends with Martha asking Jesus to put Mary in her place.
• “Tell her to help me,” says Martha, assuming that Jesus will want their house to be in order.
• But Jesus answers her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
• Jesus does bless the Mess the slaker there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her” (Luke 10:40-42).
• How do we respond to the two we tend to honor Martha in our day-to-day lives. We have a deep desire to be neat and tidy and organized, and we feel badly that our desks are overflowing with papers, our closets crammed full of clothes, and our garages and basements packed with tools, toys, sports equipment and boxes of who-knows-what.
4. Jesus Blesses the Mess the Mess chose the better part, If you’re that messy person
• It is said that messy desks are the marks of a creative mind
• Parents who have Messy closets they claim are better Parents. Juanita played an egg game with kids in motel room I thought oh know what a mess, she tie dyed towels another mess Kids loved it laughed
• What can we learn todays texts, “God wants us to take seriously the value of our “one precious life.” We must pay attention to Jesus when he honors Mary for listening instead of laboring. And we need to accept the fact that a perfectly organized life is not all that it’s cracked up to be.;
• Mary the slacker seems to have priorities in order She’s showing that she loves the Lord her God with all her heart, all her soul, all her strength, and all her mind (v. 27) — she’s demonstrating her love of God by focusing intensely on his word
• Martha, is distracted by her work, and unable to hear the word of God. her duties distract her from hearing God’s word. In this situation, she simply doesn’t have her priorities straight.
• As for Mary, she “has chosen the better part,” says Jesus, “which will not be taken away from her” (10:42). Mary knows that a person “does not live by bread alone” (4:4). Like the disciples, she leaves everything to follow Jesus (5:11).
5. In conclusion Let’s say Yes to our Mess
• When we say yes to mess, we make obedience to Jesus a top priority — even higher than the organization of our closets.
• When we say yes to mess. We focus on listening to Jesus, loving God, serving our neighbors — and as we do this, we find that we have “chosen the better part,”
• When we say yes to mess, we open our ears to what Jesus is saying to us
• When we say yes to mess, we open our calendars to what God is scheduling us to do.
• When we say yes to mess, we open our wallets to what the Holy Spirit is inspiring us to support.
• To say yes to mess is to be willing to lay everything aside, and pay attention to Christ’s teachings.
• If we do, we’ll find that God has given us one precious life, a life that can be filled with love and challenge and comfort and purpose. It’s a life that may be messy at times, but is always filled with meaning.
