Too Busy To See Jesus
January 11th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” – Luke 10:38-42 ESV
So who are you more like Mary or Martha? Martha’s problem was that she was too busy doing good things to see Jesus. Those things she was doing, serving others and meeting their needs got in the way with her fellowship with Jesus.
I suppose that I have fallen prey to this myself. I have let laudable undertakings get in the way of the time I should be spending sitting at Jesus’ feet. It’s not that those things don’t have to be done, but we should make sure that we take the opportunity to set them aside and let them go undone when the opportunity to listen to Jesus comes around. There will be plenty of times to serve but the times at Jesus feet don’t come nearly as often.
What good things should you set aside for a time in order to spend time listening at Jesus’ feet?
