Luke 10: 38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Let us just say here that the overwhelming majority of temptations are good temptations, but if they will lead individuals to lose focus, or turn their attention from that which is really important, the devil would have achieved his objective, for as the saying goes, a distracted squirrel is a dead squirrel. In this next decoy many people would actually agree with satan on the course of action he suggested and yet, Jesus intervenes to put things in the right order of priority.
This does not necessarily mean that the decoy in question was bad, it was just a good decoy. Luke 10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she helps me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things.
In other words, even if Jesus was hungry, the more important issue was hearing His words and if it were to come to a head, He would take hunger instead of food, no matter how appetizing the ackee and yam. That’s because a good decoy is exactly that, a good decoy, no matter how it is dressed up.
Luke 10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!