Lord, Don’t You Care?

“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 few things are needed—or indeed only one.

 Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 10:40-42

 

 

A former position I held required me to evaluate the performance of those working for me on ten criteria.

One of those criteria was attitude.

The question was something like this:

Did the employee exhibit a good attitude regardless of the assigned task and with whomever he was working with?

Your attitude is important in how you deal with the distractions of life.

It certainly made a difference in Martha!

“Lord, don’t you care…”

Martha was so distracted that she ‘copped’ an attitude.

Because her efforts were the most important and because no one rushed to help her she found herself accusing the Lord of not caring about her plight.

Of course He cared deeply – but not about all the preparations she was making – her cared about the attitude of her heart and the choices those attitudes were causing her to make.

The narrative does not tell us more beyond Jesus’ words at this point.

Did Martha heed what Jesus said?

Too often our attitude can cause us not to hear what others are saying.

Our mind is made up and we forge ahead regardless of any wise counsel to the contrary.

Don’t let distractions rob you of moving in the right direction.

Don’t let distractions sour your attitude.

Don’t let distractions cause you to be deaf to wise counsel.

What did Martha do?

Forget that question – here is a far more important one:

What will you do with life’s distractions?

Will they pull you away from Jesus or will they cause you to draw near?

Watch your attitude, it is a key in which choice you make!