Have a Seat!

I've mentioned before that I consider myself to be a Martha. I am a person that likes to make sure that everything is in order, on point, and all details are addressed. I feel more at ease putting together projects and activities. I like planning and organizing. Just like Martha, I always want to put my best foot forward and make sure that things go forth in excellence.

The question is, when God shows up am I too busy worrying about what I'm doing for Him that I miss out on His arrival? When the Lord just wants to sit and talk to me, am I too concerned with arranging some grand gesture that I miss out on a powerful word? In my focus on trying to please Him with my actions, am I overlooking times for relationship building?

We all want to use our talents and gifts to make God smile. We want to use what He's given us in a way that will make the Lord proud. I'm sure Martha was an anointed hostess. She was vibing in her gift when Jesus came to visit. She probably felt that she was doing her part to make Jesus happy. She probably felt that all of her running around behind the scenes was needed for Jesus' comfortable stay in her home. No wonder she complained that her sister wasn't helping out.

Yet Mary recognized something that Martha missed. Mary saw that Jesus had come to their house for a reason. He didn't come to eat fabulous food or look in wonder at the decor of the home. He came to talk with them... He came to minister to them... He came to reveal more of Himself to them.

So Mary plopped right at Jesus' feet and drank it all in. Martha missed the memo.

Are you missing the memo right now? Are you running around preparing all these grand gestures for the Lord when all He really wants is to sit and talk with you? Are you so busy looking at what needs to be done/has to be done/should really be getting done that you're ignoring the fact that God is saying it can get done later?

More than anything God wants our hearts. He wants a relationship. He wants intimacy.

Sure, He appreciates your actions. He enjoys the fruits of your labors. But what He loves more than anything else is you. He wants more of you.

Before, during and after all of your planning, arranging, and organizing, make sure you take the time to sit at the Master's feet. Take the time to listen to what the Lord is saying. Before you run around getting busy with what you think will make Him happy, take some time with Him to really hear what is on His heart.

Verse of the Day: Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 10:38-42