Martha—Service a Burden

Martha's service to the Lord had become a burden. (Luke 10:40-42.) When service to the Lord becomes a burden, it loses its worth in His sight. And when does it become a burden? It is when love to Himself is not the spring, so we hear Martha saying, "Lord, dost Thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me." She wants help. Her service has become a burden because He is not known as He should be, though in a sense He is the object of service; nevertheless it is a burden.