"Martha, Martha..." Part 7

In the previous blog we started to look more deeply at Martha's fruit that earned her the loving rebuke from Jesus. First, we saw that Martha was "worried about many things." Today, we want to examine a bit more closely the second fruit bringing Jesus's rebuke to Martha. Jesus said to Martha that she was "upset about many things." The Greek word for "upset" that Jesus uses here is turbaze. The meaning of this word is as follows: an uproar, turmoil, muddled, disturbed, commotion, and confusion. Interestingly, this word is also used on a number of occasions in describing a loud, noisy crowd that is out of control and rioting (Acts 20;1, Matt. 9;23, 26;5). This second description Jesus gives us of Martha is that she is emotionally out of control and in a noisy commotion (having a personal riot) as she is preparing the meal for Jesus.
Why was Martha behaving this way? Martha's explanation is that it is her sisters fault for leaving her to do all the work by herself. And, Martha adds, perhaps the fault also lye's with Jesus who is not telling her sister to help in the meal preparation.
However, Jesus says the cause of Martha's personal riot lies internally, in her heart, and not externally. In a previous blog entree we saw that Martha's faith is not in Christ during the time of her personal riot. As such, her heart is in a riotous state over the many things she currently is defining a "needful things" to be done. But Jesus says there is only one true need (not many, Luke 10;42), and that one need is to have life (intimate fellowship) with God through faith in Christ (John 17;3, Psalm 27) residing deeply in the heart. This gospel orientation of the heart that Jesus is directing Martha to is being exemplified by Mary. A heart outside the gospel, a heart ruled by many needs as opposed to only one need, a heart whose faith in in self, is a heart overflowing with all manner of sin (Matt. 12;34).
How about YOU? Seen a personal riot in your own life lately? During your own recent, personal riot did you blame your circumstances (wife, husband, boss, dog, kids, weather, traffic, neighbor, in-laws, Democrats/Republicans, employees, health/lack of health, etc) like Martha for the way you reacted? Or, can you see now that the root of your own sinful riot, like Martha's, proceeded from a heart "alienated from Christ" (Galatians 5;4)?
Next, how would you react if YOU were the object of an out of control riot?