Luke 10:38-42...
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But 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, 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.”
Maybe I have been living like a Martha. I think, yes. I know I have been often living like a Martha... doing things, taking care of details, doing, working, always being busy with something. Martha was worried and upset about taking care of many things and tending to the details. I'm like her. Caught up in so much stuff, instead of sitting at His feet. Where I should be, listening to what He says. I think it is time to be a Mary. To sit at Jesus' feet and listen to what He says.
At work tonight, at the coffee shop, I met these two guys H and W. They were awesome, inspirational. Stopping by for coffee before heading to an all night prayer meeting at a prayer house in the East end of town. They are from Atlanta where they work/minister at IHOP-Atlanta (international house of prayer). Anyway, we talked about church, the Holy Spirit, religion, prayer... they prayed with me before they left (right in the coffee shop). wow!
H shared with me that it seems like I have been living like a Martha. Now it's time to live like a Mary. Just sit at Jesus' feet and listen to what He says. It reminds me of something I heard a missionary to Japan share at our church this past Spring... she shared about a Japanese woman she has been meeting with and talking about Jesus to. The Japanese woman was looking to God for what He could do for her and wondering why her life was falling to pieces, in a way. And the missionary said to her, "you have to love Jesus for Who he is, not for what He can give you."
That has stayed with me these several months, and I hope to remember it for a long, long time. I wrote it in my journal, and made it personal:
"Priscilla, you have to love Jesus for Who he is, not for what He can give you."
Learn to be a Mary. Learn to love Jesus for Who he is. Sit at His feet and listen to what He says...
"My child, I love you!"
