Lydenstyd-oordenkings - 24 Maart 2010

Op hulle reis het Jesus in 'n dorp gekom waar 'n vrou, Marta, Hom as gas ontvang het. Sy het 'n suster gehad, Maria, wat aan die voete van die Here gaan sit en na sy woorde geluister het. Maar Marta was baie bedrywig om alles klaar te maak. Sy kom toe daar staan en sê: "Here, hinder dit U nie dat my suster my alleen laat bedien nie? Sê sy moet my kom help!" Maar die Here antwoord haar: "Marta, Marta, jy is besorg en bekommerd oor baie dinge, maar net een ding is nodig. Maria het die beste deel gekies, en dit sal nie van haar weggeneem word nie."

Luk 10:38-42 (NAV)

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "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, and it will not be taken away from her."

Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)

Word of wisdom for Martha

Jesus says to Martha: "Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

That was Jesus' word of wisdom for Martha. A word of wisdom is not necessarily a rebuke. It is simply a statement of fact. There is nothing wrong with Martha's activity. It is her motivation that is defective. In Christianity, motivation is everything.

Thomas Keating