Psalm 62:1 NKJV
Truly my soul silently waits for God; From Him comes my salvation.
Each of us needs that space to wait before the Lord. To hush the noise of the world and absorb the living water of salvation afresh each day.
We are human beings, not human doings!
The "Martha" in me wants to scurry about doing stuff without a thought for my soul. An inner voice says "I don't have time for that!"
I need to channel my inner "Mary" who knew the value of just sitting at Jesus' feet and being in His Presence.
Yesterday I was so stressed about a situation that arose out of the blue.
In that stress I became a nasty piece of flesh, striving in my own strength to get it sorted.
In my busy-ness I closed the door on Jesus' Presence!
I shut out "the better part":
Luke 10:38-42 NKJV
Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. [39] And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word. [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." [41] 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 the better part, which will not be taken away from her."
There's a lesson for all "Marthas" to slow down and give our Lord some space to feed and water our souls.
He wants us to thrive and not strive!
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