Written By: Elder Renita Richardson
Luke 10:38-42
38) 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. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
40) 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.
41) And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42) But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
In this passage of scripture, Jesus had been traveling and He arrived at this village with His disciples, and they were all invited to the home of Martha for refreshing, and a meal. Mary, her sister was just sitting at the feet of Jesus listening to Him speak and hanging on to His every word. She made His words the focus of her attention, unable to even take her attention away from Him for just one second to help Martha, her sister, to serve the guest. But Martha was distracted by the work, and the preparations of serving her guests. One sister, Mary, was spending time just sitting at the Master’s feet, while the other sister Martha focused on the work. I’m sure we can see ourselves on both sides of this story, but Mary’s part was indeed the better part. Sometimes we see our many duties, or assignments on our plate and our focus gets off centered and the work takes center stage. It becomes the priority, and we too become distracted about many things. The enemy is working overtime, and his primary strategy is to distract us, and cause us to take our attention off Jesus. We cannot do anything without Him, and it is our intimate times with Him that change us into someone who resembles His likeness. And I know that we all want to be like Jesus! The intimate times that we spend in His presence are the fuel for our dreams, careers and creativity. God wants to bless us and our plans for ministry and business, etc. But He must be the priority. So in this season, our plans and ideas for success will only be blessed and revealed through intimacy with Him. Once we take the stance that Mary took, and make Him our focus, He will then add all the other things unto us as He has promised.
Prayer
Father, we the Daughters of the Promise come to you in the name of Jesus. We exalt your high and holy name and thank you for your word on today. We thank you for the privilege of prayer, and we’re so grateful and thankful because we know you hear us when we pray. We ask you to forgive us when we have been distracted or allowed anything to take our attention away from you God; and forgive us Father when we have not made you the priority of our lives. We repent God, and place you on the throne of our hearts, and we ask you to reign over us, rule over us! Anoint us afresh with your Holy Ghost that we may be able to do the things that you have assigned our hands to do. You are ours God, and we are yours! And Father, as we press into you, we’re so grateful that you will press into us, because your word says if we draw nigh to you Father that you will draw nigh to us. We’re so grateful for your presence in our lives God, and we ask that you continue to bless the General Overseer of the Daughters of the Promise, and every member of her team. Thank you for her vision and thank you for empowering her to lead your daughters in this season. In Jesus name I pray, AMEN!
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