"Religion begat prosperity, and the daughter consumed the mother." - Cotton Mather, about the decay of religion in the Plymouth Colony.
The Christian develops, because of his religion, a good character that often produces prosperity. Yet prosperity must not let us forget religion.
It's better to do less with more - examine your lives to see if you can eliminate non-essential activities in order to spend more time in devotion to God.
1. Martha's Perspective
Martha's spirit is self absorbed. If we are preoccupied with ourselves in our service of Christ, we are really serving ourselves. We spoil our service when we overestimate its loftiness. Martha fell into an unbelieving expectation.
2. The Lord's Perspective
It's more important to listen to Christ. Martha allowed the means to be the ends. Our chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. We know we have yielded to Martha's inclination when we don't sit at the feet of Jesus, listening to His Word.
Demas was a fellow worker with Paul. But he went on to forsake Christ in order to gain the world. How came this? Jesus tells the men who said, "Lord, Lord . . .", "I never knew you." If they had sat at Christ's feet every day, he would have known them. Do less - cut back on all the Martha-like busyness. Christ must come first. Pray. Perfectionism is not conducive to productivity.
Luke 21:34; John 11; Rev. 2, 3:1, 14-22; Col. 4:14; Phile.:23-24; 2 Tim. 4:10; Matt. 7:22-23; 1 Cor. 7
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