Luke 10:41-42 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Sometimes, we foolishly approach God with a list of things we want God to do for us. This mistake happens much too often because we are more interested in His “Presents” than His “Presence.” The things that we, in our human weakness, see as needs are, for the most part, wants. Suppose we could only imagine one thing on our agenda: spending time with Jesus daily.
David said in Psalms 27:4, “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord.”
When we think about the importance of His presence, our minds go back to Martha and Mary in the Bible. Jesus informed Martha that she was worried and upset over many things, but there was only one important thing that day, and Mary had chosen that one thing: spending time with Jesus. Marth had busied herself with serving Jesus that she forgot the most significant opportunity of her lifetime that had come to her that day.
If we find ourselves more concerned about Jesus’ “presents” and the things that He can bring us or do for us, we have forgotten the “better” something, and that is being in the “presence” of the one that gave His life so that we might have life eternal. If we have difficulty finding the time to spend with Jesus daily, we must reevaluate our schedules. It could be that we, like Martha, believe that if the job is going to get done, we must do it. That could very well be the case; however, God will never give us an assignment that will in no way dampen our relationship with Him. God wants us to hold Him up as our greatest priority.
So, if we find ourselves so busy doing the things that we consider top priority that takes up all our time and we do not have time to spend with Jesus, in reading and studying God’s Word and in Prayer, we need to reevaluate our schedule. Time management is a very tricky business; if we ever expect to see it under control, we must trust Jesus to guide and direct our every step. A grand place to start is to follow the message in the words of the old Hymn written by Helen H. Lemmel, “turn your eyes upon Jesus, and the things of this world will grow strangely dim.”
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