SITTING AT THE FEET OF JESUS

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From the Speaking Ministry of Blake Porter

Luke 10:38-42/As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But 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!"
41"Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

Let me ask you a question today…….

Do you find yourself being like Martha and preparing or would you find yourself acting as Mary did, just sitting at the feet of Jesus?

Lets look at our own lives:

Have you put so much on your plate that you are now a slave to your own schedule? One commitment after another! You need to be here and then after that, you have to go over there. Are you living the kind of life to where the second you wake up in the morning you are running 100 miles an hour to see if just maybe you can catch up with your schedule?

Now is that Is it working for you? Or!!!! Can you admit to yourself today that just maybe you are a little bit more like Martha than you would care to admit to? That just maybe your priorities are nowhere to be found.

In so many of our lives there is this huge chasm that separates our priorities from our commitments.

Martha is doing all the preparations and her schedule is so packed that she complains she is not getting any help from her sister.

"Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"

But whose schedule is it? Martha’s or Mary’s?

You see, Mary understands! And as a matter of fact, she is in the only place she needs to be. And that my friends is at the feet of Jesus.

Back to our Lives:
Now it is not like we have just thrown our priorities out the window we just need to reshuffle our lives. And to be honest with you, my middle name is reshuffle! I can so quickly by a snap of my fingers jump back into playing the role of a Martha. And before I know it the chasm between commitments and priorities has grown further apart.

I will ask the question again. How about you! Are your priorities right in front of you or are they way off in the distance? Isn’t it fair to say that most of us can wear these shoes I am talking about? Now, we may need a new pair of sneakers after we have accomplished all of our commitments but hey, we got it all done right!

Friends at any time in our lives we are free to be like Mary and just sit at the feet of Jesus!


Think Sharp, Think Smart, Think Solid – Romans 12:2