So, here is my second blog for today. I was thinking earlier that I would post the sermon notes from Sunday’s sermon. The past few weeks we have been going through a theme called silent alarms. Week 1 was on refusing the snooze and Week 2 was on money….well, this week was on Relationships. So, here are the notes from this past Sunday’s sermon.
1. Fulfilling the expectations of others can cause us to miss the most important moments.
Martha’s sister Mary was seated at Jesus’ feet, listening to Jesus talk.
At one point Martha mentions Jesus, ” Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do all the work myself? Tell her to help me! “
So Jesus is out in the living room talking and Mary drops everything to listen to what he has to say.
Martha is distracted by the preparations. She is also distracted by the fact that Mary is not helping her with her distractions.
Martha is just not critiquing Mary….She does not seem to be real thrilled with Jesus, either: ” Tell her to help me! “
Jesus says ” Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things, but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
That phrase, ” the good part” , Jesus is using a play on words here. “Good Part” can also be translated “better portion”.
It is a term in Jesus’ day used to describe a portion of food, a dish at a meal.
Jesus is saying “Martha, Martha, you’re distracted by having a big meal with all these different dishes, but Mary has chosen to focus on the one dish, that one food that is more important than having all of that.”
2. Getting things done often comes in conflict with building relationships with others.
If we let them, our to-do list will run our lives….
The will become the many things for which we sacrifice the good thing, the better thing and even the best thing.
Spend time with the important relationships…
3. For some of us, we put other things before the people we love because we want the approval of someone else.
It may be the approval of other people….
It may be the bar of approval we set for ourselves….
What Jesus was saying to Martha about her relationship with him…he is saying to all of us. Do not miss the moments…
Sometimes we need to put all the distractions aside and focus on just one thing.
** Business is an enemy of relationships**
* We need to SIMPLIFY—> make things simple
*We need to Balance the things in our lives and show selfnesses putting other before yourself.
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