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Posted on: 19th Nov 2014
John 11:23-27 (ESV)
23 Jesus said to her, �Your brother will rise again.� 24 Martha said to him, �I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.�25 Jesus said to her, �I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?� 27 She said to him, �Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.�
I believe it�s noteworthy here that Martha, not Mary (Martha�s sister) was first with Jesus at Lazarus� tomb. Martha seems to have been the matriarch of the family. In John�s Gospel, in chapter 11 verse 5, the names of this family, whom Jesus so loved, are listed in order; Martha first, Mary second and Lazarus third. Perhaps this list was from oldest to youngest, or perhaps they were listed in the order of recognition. And, after all, it was Martha�s house (Lk 10:38). She also was the first one who was summoned that day when Jesus had arrived.
Her knowledge of the scriptures and her acknowledgement of who Jesus really is is evident in her response to Jesus in verses 24 and 27 of our opening bible text today. Martha was also a very conscientious and a dedicated servant to a fault. She is found serving those who were listening to Jesus on a previous visit to her home. As a matter of fact she was gently rebuked by Jesus. It happened like this:
�Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her,�Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her (Lk 10:38-42).�
Mary in contrast to Martha was very passionate and emotional, and just couldn�t get enough of Jesus. Martha was a loving servant, always wanting to please and serve everybody. She clearly overdid it that day Jesus visited, but I think we need to cut her some slack. She clearly loved Jesus too.
A lot of folks use the name �Martha� to joke about someone who is busy serving everybody while everyone else is enjoying fellowship around the things of the Lord. They make un-called-for �Martha� remarks to the host or hostess.
Everybody usually gets a big chuckle out of this � that is except the one who gets called a �Martha.� What seems like fun for most becomes a spiritual insult that really hurts. I guess what I�m saying today is that we perhaps need to be more sensitive, and complimentary, to those around us that wait on us. We all have differing gifts and callings, all of which needs to be acknowledged and respected�
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