Bible Verse of the Day Monday January 11th 2021

Luke 10:40 “But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made.” She came to him and asked, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed —or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

Do you find yourself hurrying from one project to another? Do you often find that there is not enough time to complete the entire list of tasks you have, and some must be put on the back burner? There is a danger that you might get so busy in your worldly projects that it will start getting in the way of the time you spend with God, and thus affecting your relationship with our precious Lord and Savior.

In our text today, we find that Martha had gotten distracted by the preparations for the meal. She had her priorities reversed; she was rushing around to get everything ready for the Lord’s visit when she should have focused herself on spending time with Jesus. The work Martha was doing was undoubtedly necessary; however, she missed the greater importance, spending time with Jesus. Are we doing the same thing that Martha did, allowing our worldly jobs and projects to stand in the way of our precious time with God? The only way to assure that this does not happen is to put Jesus where He belongs in our lives, and that is number one.

We must not judge Martha too harshly. We should not accredit earthly-mindedness to a woman whose character stands irreproachable in the Gospel. We see that when Jesus was about to bring her brother Lazarus out of the grave, she made a clear confession that Jesus was the true promised Messiah (John 11:17).

Imagine an old wagon wheel with one hub and several spokes. Each spoke represents a task or project, one for hobbies, one for work, one for school, and so on. Some people give Jesus a spoke and spend time with Him each time His spoke comes around. Where Jesus should be is the hub, everything else we do in life should reflect our relationship with the Lord. Jesus should be at the center of our lives, like the hub at the center of the wagon wheel, not just an occasional spoke that comes by now and then.

If you find yourself too busy for God, then you should most definitely readjust your life’s priorities. Give God the first time of the day, and you will be surprised how much smoother the remainder of the day will go.  A line in an old hymn says, “keep your eyes upon Jesus, and the things of the world will grow strangely dim.”

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