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Sermon Audio: Duty vs. Devotion
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 10:28-32
Duration: 23:13
Size: 10.6 MB
Luke-The Investigative Gospel
Duty vs. Devotion
Luke 10:28-32
I believe that we many times have wrongly contrasted Martha and Mary, as though each Christian should make a choice to either be a worker like Martha or a worshiper like Mary.
1. Loss Of Focus Caused Martha To Resort To Self-Pity.
Martha’s problem was one of balance, between the going and doing and the sitting and listening.
2. Loss Of Focus Causes Martha To Become Angry At Others.
And the more the pressure, the most tempting it is to focus on the urgent rather than the essential.
It is even worse when we can think of someone who we do not feel is pulling their weight and who has let us down.
3. Loss Of Focus Causes Martha To Find Fault With Others.
We all have ways that we use to get a message across.
4. Loss Of Focus Causes Martha To Question God’s Care.
Martha was angry at Mary for being so selfish and she is angry at Jesus for allowing this to go on.
Whenever our service causes us to criticize others and pity ourselves because we feel overworked, we had better take time to examine our lives!
It all boiled down to the fact that Martha wanted to force Mary to serve Christ her way.
5. Loss of Focus Can Be Eliminated by Remembering Why We Are Doing What We Are Doing?
It was Martha’s attitude that needed correction, but Martha’s work was both good and necessary.
The Christian life is learning to balance duty and devotion.
Sitting without serving is powerless.
Serving without sitting is directionless.
Serving after sitting produces power and balance.