ALL YOU NEED IS…

Luke 10:38-42

Deep inside a man, inside his house, there is worry, concerns, and no sense of direction. Above all, there are all kinds of needs that seems to be like there is no way to meet such needs. Does this sound like you? Have you accepted Jesus and know Him enough to come into your heart, your house, or your life? Martha the sister of Mary, once, did the same. Luke 10:38, Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.” Martha knew Jesus enough to have allowed Him, and welcomed Him, into her house, yet worrying took hold of her life. Does this sound like you? Days have become so challenging and sometimes life can be exceedingly frustrating, but one thing is needed, and that is sitting at the feet of the master, eating, and feeding on the Word, the Bread of life. Martha invited Jesus into her house, but didn’t realize what it meant and how to benefit from having invited Jesus into her house. Martha decided to make her running around, her attempts to impress Jesus, become a priority over pressing on to receive the word in her life. While Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus, pressing on to be impacted by the living Word of God, Martha was busying running around to serve Jesus. Luke 10:40, “But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”” As a believer that has invited Jesus into your house and your life, are you missing something that could help in times when it looks like there is no direction coming forth from the Lord? Martha had Jesus in her house, but she was missing because distraction took her place at the feet of the Master, the good place. Martha’s questioning of Jesus for her sister not helping received an answer from Jesus. “And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, 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.””(Luke 10:41-42) Jesus was saying here that worrying is an indication of not spending time in, or with, the Word. It is also evidence that worrying is fueled by distraction. Just like Martha, as a child of God, that invited Christ into his or her life, is there any area of worrying? Spending time in or with the Word of God is worth more than worrying over the concerns of the world. Does it look like all is rough? Only one thing is needed, and that is spending time with the Word of God.

Prayer for today: Father, I ask this day for the grace to increase in spending more time in your word.