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Monday... Yes it is, so how do we handle it?


Luke 10:40 (NLT), "But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, 'Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me."

Monday... Yes it is, so how do we handle it?

Yes, life can be unfair. 

Over in Luke 10:38-40 (NLT) it says, "As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at Jesus feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, 'Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me." 

Now in reality, Martha was doing what I'm sure she had been taught. When you have a special guest over to your house you must have a big dinner. And it does seem unfair that her sister was in with the guest and not helping her sister.

But in our lives, perspective is so important and each of these sisters had a different perspective. 


Now I wonder what Martha's perspective would have been if she knew what was ahead? If she had known that Jesus was going to be crucified then raised from the dead and then ascended back to heaven? But she didn't and she was distracted because of her perspective of what she thought was really important. 

Of course, Jesus wasn't really a good person to talk about unfair. We have just remembered what Jesus went through on Good Friday and then yesterday we celebrated Easter, His resurrection. Yes, that was unfair until we see that was why Jesus had come to earth. From our perspective it was very unfair but not from God's. It was what he wanted. and he was not distracted.

Verses 41-42 says, "But the Lord said to her, 'My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken aways from her." Yes, God's perspective of what is important is different from so many in this world.

Jesus said earlier in verse 18 (AMP), "I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of lightning]." And it is his job to totally mess up our perspective and to see life from a selfish perspective instead of God's. Yes, Satan's job is to get us upset with the unfairs of our life and to take us away from the reality that life is unfair. That is what our distractions away from God can do.

In verses 23-24 (NLT), Jesus said to his disciples, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen. I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but didn't see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it."

Oh God, may we see and hear from your perspective and not be distracted from selfish views that constantly turn us away from you.

Yes, life is unfair but let's not let that turn us away from God's perspective. You see, God turns bad into good. And he can be trusted. So let's discover what Mary discovered. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 



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