The danger in too much Mary

In Luke chapter 10 Jesus visits Mary and Martha. Every time I hear a sermon on this set of verses Martha gets criticized up and down for her behavior. Jesus comes to visit and she is worried about cleaning the house and getting the meal ready. On teh contrary Mary is seated at Jesus' feet listening to His every word. This gives a great picture of how we act at church. There are in my mind 3 kinds of Christian church goers.
First, you have your Marthas, those people who show up and work all day long. They get there early and get things ready, they clean up afterwards(sometimes during) and they stay late after to make sure everything is done. Sundays for them are days of getting things done.
Second, you have your Mary's, those people who walk into church to be fed. Their soul purpose for being there is to worship God, to sing, to read and to listen to the message God has for them that day.
Thirdly, you have your in betweens, these are the people who get there early and help out. They then spend time in prayer and prepare themselves for worship and growing and during that hour they are completely focused on God. THen after church, they get back to work and help out where needed.
You see there is a danger in being a Martha because you spend all of your time working and miss out on focusing on God. Even if your work is for God, you miss out. There is also a danger in being too much Mary. Sitting at Jesus' feet is one thing, but there has to be a time where you put all you learn into practice. So the third person listed above who balances the two is what I feel God needs most in today's church. SOmeone who sits and worships at every opportunity, but then goes out and puts it to action.
James 2:26 says, "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead"
So in other words if you sit at God's feet all day long, all night long and worship. If you spend every hour you possibly can in God's Word, in worship and at church yet you don't act out any of your faith, it is seen as dead. God wants people to worship, to pray and to read their Bibles daily. But all of that is useless unless it is put into action. Live out what you learn from God's word and from your time in study or at church and give your faith life. That's what God needs believers whose faith is alive and working.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!