03.08.2026 | It All Starts at the Feet of Jesus - Pastors Luke & McLean Faw
It All Starts at the Feet of Jesus - Pastors Luke & McLean Faw
Who belongs at the feet of Jesus? Luke 10:38-41
Luke 10:38-41 (NLT) -- 38 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. 39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. 40 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.”
41 But the Lord said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! 42 There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.”
1. Focus on Jesus!
Luke 10:41 (NIV) -- “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things,
2. Are you Sitting or Comparing?
Luke 10:40b (NLT) -- 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.”
3. We are all called to sit at the feet of Jesus.
Acts 22:3 (NKJV) -- “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.
John 20:16-18 (NIV) -- Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
- “Jesus chose Mary Magdalene to be the first preacher of the gospel. Can a woman teach an apostle? A man? Clearly yes.” – Rick Warren
Judges 4:4 (NIV) -- Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading[a] Israel at that time.
Matthew 28:19-20a (NIV) -- Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
“I am concerned about and now convinced we’ll never fulfill the Great Commission with half of the church sitting on the bench.” – Rick Warren
Acts 1:14 (NIV) -- They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Acts 2:6 (NIV) -- When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.
Acts 2:17-18 (NIV) –
“‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
and they will prophesy.
Questions for Discussion/Reflection:
1. Who do you connect with more easily in this story, Martha or Mary? Why?
2. Who do you see around you who may feel excluded, or pushed aside from sitting at the feet of Jesus (marginalized, etc.?)?
3. What are some things that draw your focus away from Jesus?
4. What form does comparison take for you? (comparing to people less then – pride, or those greater then-inferiority)
5. What guardrails do you have in your life to expose your departure from the feet of Jesus?