For Saturday June 3, 2023
Luke 10:41
Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried
and troubled about many things.”
Achan, an infamous Israelite in the Old Testament, brought great trouble into Israel’s camp by violating the ban on taking plunder from the conquered city of Jericho (Joshua 7). By the time of the monarchy, Achan’s name (in a play on words) was being spelled “Achar”—the Hebrew word for trouble or disaster (1 Chronicles 2:7). Until Achar—Israel’s troubler—was dealt with, there was no peace or victory in the camp.
Trouble doesn’t always enter our lives on two legs. It’s usually more subtle, coming in the form of schedules, finances, family matters, vocational problems, personal challenges, and the endless to-do lists that rob us of time we could be spending with God. Like Joshua, we must remove trouble from the camp if we are going to have peace. Nowhere were trouble and tranquility so clearly juxtaposed as in the house of Mary and Martha. Jesus chided Martha for being distracted—“worried and troubled about many things”—but praised Mary for focusing solely on Him (Luke 10:38–42).
What troubles have you allowed to separate you from Jesus? There’ll be no peace until they have been removed.
Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.
MATTHEW HENRY
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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