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Luke 10:38-42

Where are you located in the Lord? Which part have you chosen? It is a great thing to be working in the house of the Lord, for the glory of God. However, when your work begins to take you away from the feet of the Lord then your priority has been misplaced. Where are you? What is your place in the house of God? Martha was in a good location when she welcomed the Lord into her place (Luke < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>10:38). There is no blessing like welcoming Jesus into our place. To have Jesus come into our place and not being in the right place could be a great loss. While Jesus was at MarthaÕs place, Mary the sister of Martha was positioned in the good place. Martha was busy working, serving and scrambling instead of serving and served by the Bread of Life. By this virtue, Martha became distracted and approached Jesus requesting for MaryÕs help in serving (Luke 10: 40). JesusÕ responded to Martha in Luke 10:41-42, ÒAnd Jesus answered and said to her, ÒMartha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.Ó Serving Him in the house should not take away from being served by Him. Martha was doing a good thing but Mary had chosen a good part. Every believer should understand that there is a place and time for everything (including work) in the house of God where His presence reigns and rule. Working in the house of God is great, but it should not take away the time to sit at His feet while He is in the house. It could be a misplacement of priority when distraction is caused by work. It is  good to serve Him but there is a need to choose a good part and that good part is serving in Him. Do not just serve Him also serve in Him.