"As Jesus and His disciples were on their way, He came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to Him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what He said, 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!" "Martha, Martha." The Lord answered " You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from her."
-Luke 11:38-42
"Mary and Martha both loved Jesus. On this occasion they were both serving him. But Martha thought Mary's style of serving was inferior to hers. She didn't realize that in her desire to serve, she was actually neglecting her guest. Don't let your service become self-seeking. Jesus did not blame Martha for being concerned about household chores. He was only asking her to set priorities."
(NIV study notes)
Todays question: Are you so busy doing things for Jesus that your service to Him has become diluted and no longer devoted?
So many times our service to Christ becomes diluted into mere busywork and no longer is full of devotion to God. We can become so busy trying to "please Him" when we really aren't pleasing Him at all. Spending time with God truly pleases Him. Having an open heart to His word and applying His word in our daily lives, pleases Him.
Sometimes we need to take a step back and revaluate our walk with Jesus. Are we serving Jesus out of love, or are we serving Him for our own self-seeking reasons?
Father, Thank You for loving us like You do. Open our hearts and eyes to show us the ways that we are serving You. Show us the areas in our lives that we need to change to serve You whole heartedly. Put our motives in check so that we can serve You without our self-seeking motives. Help us to make spending time with You the number one goal in life.
In Jesus name, Amen.
Christian
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