Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭38‬-‭42‬: “Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do the serving by myself? Then tell her to help me.” But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; but only one thing is necessary; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Sometimes we are focused on doing the most. Yes, God loves it when you serve and produce works. But he is more focused on having you be still in presence. He loves it when you pause just to be intimate with him. We get so focused on doing this and that. Everyday we are so focused on the next task. But we don’t simply take time to meet with our Father. We don’t take time to dwell on his word and to hear his voice. We don’t take time to pray and worship him. We don’t stop to thank him and dwell on everything he has done for us. I love this story between these two sisters because in life we become either or. We are either the people who choose to dwell in the presence of God. Or we become the people who get so distracted and miss what is truly important. Sometimes we are the people who think we will be saved because of our works, so we keep doing and doing. God is so beautiful that he wants to spend time with his creation. He wants to hear from you, he wants to pour more of him in you. He wants you to know his mysteries and be one with him. He wants to connect with you and pour his love upon you. He wants your cup to runneth over… He is such a beautiful Father that when there was a barrier between him and his creation that limited him from connecting to them, he had to create a solution. He had to create a solution that would reunify him with his creation, the ultimate sacrifice which was Jesus… God loved Mary’s heart, her heart was truly focused on spending time with the Father. These two woman showed two different postures in heart. One showed that she believed that God was more focused on what she thought she needed to do to please the Lord, which was “ do works”. The other showed that she believed that it was important just to pause and dwell in the presence of the Lord. Sometimes we think that God just wants us to do, do and do. But sometimes he just wants us to stay still and enjoy his presence. He just wants us to stop being distracted by life and speak to him. Also we don’t always need to ask and ask, we can simply worship and be thankful to God… I promise you have a lot to be grateful/thankful to him for.

I motivate you in this day to stop being distracted by life and simply dwell in the presence of the Lord. Stop doing too much… (Dwell…)