For the past thirty-ish days, the Student Leaders in Paradigm (my youth group) have been doing a fast where we don't ask God for anything, but instead pray relationally, just cultivating our relationship with Him instead of giving him our glorified wishlist throughout the day. This was inspired by the book PAPA Prayer by Larry Crabb.
Well, I was praying about that in Pre-Service Prayer and praying that we would have that desire to just sit at His feet and want to be with Him instead of just getting what we want from Him.
As I was doing this, I felt like the Lord dropped this passage on my heart.
Luke 10: 38-42
38Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40But 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.”
41And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
You see, Martha was only concerned with what Jesus could do for her. She asked him to get her sister's lazy butt moving. She wanted Jesus to make her help. She had the best of intentions. She was trying to serve Him and just wanted her sister to share the workload.
But she was placing her serving Him and her annoyance at her sister's lack of work above her relationship with Christ.
The difference between Mary and Martha is that Mary decided that what was most important was to sit at Jesus' feet. He tells Martha this. He reminds her that her relationship with Him is more important than anything else.
Only ONE thing is needed. Her relationship with Him.
His relationship with you is more important than anything you can ask from Him. We just have to learn how to sit at His feet and just listen, just learn, just seek out who He really is. It's not about us. It's all about Him.
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Have a blessed day!
1 responses:
I love this fast we're doing!! I don't want it to end :D
<3Danae(:
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