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Devotionals
"And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." John 11:28
This seems to have been a strange time for Jesus to call for Martha. It came when there was no longer any need for her common, workaday practicality and she was about to sit down. He called for her when the work that she was gifted and experienced to do had come to an end. The need for the work of her hands no longer existed and a time of waiting was about to begin. He called to her in a moment when it would have been very easy for Martha to say to herself, "I no longer have any work to do. The tables have all been served, the guests have all been seen, I don't have to tend my sick brother or take care of any further funeral arrangements - my work is done. It was at that moment that the call from Christ came to Martha. It was at the end of her day that the Lord's day for her began. It was just when the need for her unique gifting had become settled and still that Jesus knocked.
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrews 10:31
Yes, it is a fearful thing to fall into God's hands. However, I think that it is an even more terrible thing not to fall into His hands. To fall into God's hands, no doubt, brings pain because the passage from death to life is always painful. The first sensation a newborn baby feels is pain because life has come and with it the battle with the old domain of death.
There is naturally a fear that exists in life that does not live in those things that are lifeless. The essence of life is by nature an awful and fearful thing. However, would you rather there not be life? Would you rather be a dirt clod or a rock? I think I know your answer - Absolutely not! The power of the life you possess is part of your glory.
