Hey,
Hope you are not caught up in the shopping frenzy that usually characterises this time of the year.There is so much we aught to be doing at this time to prepare for the next year ,that shopping is the least thing we ought to be worried about . This is the time of the year when even church activities as wonderful as they are should also be minimized. The reason for that is that ,so we can give more time ,attention,in our hearts,minds to the one thing that is needful to us ,that has eternal value.
It was in such season like this,that Jesus pulled His diciples aside and said to them, ''come apart ,for there has been too much goings and coming''. In our busyness of preparing for the hollidays ,we forget the reason for the season. This is the time to come apart with Jesus so you have a vision ,a better perspective of what God is doing and will do in the coming days. we must remember that new year resolution has never done any good to us,so why do we want to live our lives, future and destiny to a resolution that will not last the first week of the the new year.
In Luke10vs38--42,our Lord visiting with 2 sisters ,who made two different choices about their walk with the Lord.One Martha choose to serve her Lord with the best food ,with the best china.And she really was very busy, working very hard to ensure her dinner went well and her honored guest was well pleased.she was appreciated but the Lord wanted something more,another kind of food if you please.
Mary her sister on the other choose to sit the Lord's feet and listen to Him teach ,her attention ,her gaze was on Him in worship. so when martha her sister complained about how ,mary should be helping with the dinner,Jesus answered martha,
''' martha ,martha thou art careful and troubled about many things,
''But one is needful ; and mary hath chosen that good part ,which shall not be taken away from her''. The good part right now in this season is to do what mary did. spend time with Him in the place of prayers, worship, the word and intercession.
As a matter of fact mary made that her choice every time Jesus was around,she will be found no where else but at His feet. In John12 ,mary was found at His feet doing what she knows to do best,in humility,worshipping ,and expressing her love and devotion to Him.Here again criticisms rose against her ,but Jesus rose to her defence.Even His closest disciples did not know how to minister to their Lord
,but mary's constant desire and discipline to be at feet helped her to know His need. Jesus answered her critics,,
'' let her be ,for she has come to prepare my body for burial'' -------and where ever this gospel is preached ,this shall be preached in memorial of her.
In John11, her brother had died and buried for 4 days,every body was mourning.when Jesus showed up ,the first to meet Him was martha ,and she had an intellectual conversation with the Lord on faith, death and resurrection,and she left.
Then mary comes and bows at His feet weeping and said exactly the same words as martha, ''Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died''
And Jesus responded by weeping ,and going to the tomb to raise Lazarus from the death.
Friends ,there are prayers ,and there is the prayer of intimacy that evokes divine response each time. This season ,choose wisely,chose the one good thing that is ,needful for you on the earth and for eternity,your time spent in His holy presence.
You can decide to skip cooking that big dinner this christmas,and spend that time with Lord personally,or with your family together.
what is your one thing that is needful this christmas,another extravaganza,or preparing Him room in your heart and life.
Have a Christful christmas,
Hope you are not caught up in the shopping frenzy that usually characterises this time of the year.There is so much we aught to be doing at this time to prepare for the next year ,that shopping is the least thing we ought to be worried about . This is the time of the year when even church activities as wonderful as they are should also be minimized. The reason for that is that ,so we can give more time ,attention,in our hearts,minds to the one thing that is needful to us ,that has eternal value.
It was in such season like this,that Jesus pulled His diciples aside and said to them, ''come apart ,for there has been too much goings and coming''. In our busyness of preparing for the hollidays ,we forget the reason for the season. This is the time to come apart with Jesus so you have a vision ,a better perspective of what God is doing and will do in the coming days. we must remember that new year resolution has never done any good to us,so why do we want to live our lives, future and destiny to a resolution that will not last the first week of the the new year.
In Luke10vs38--42,our Lord visiting with 2 sisters ,who made two different choices about their walk with the Lord.One Martha choose to serve her Lord with the best food ,with the best china.And she really was very busy, working very hard to ensure her dinner went well and her honored guest was well pleased.she was appreciated but the Lord wanted something more,another kind of food if you please.
Mary her sister on the other choose to sit the Lord's feet and listen to Him teach ,her attention ,her gaze was on Him in worship. so when martha her sister complained about how ,mary should be helping with the dinner,Jesus answered martha,
''' martha ,martha thou art careful and troubled about many things,
''But one is needful ; and mary hath chosen that good part ,which shall not be taken away from her''. The good part right now in this season is to do what mary did. spend time with Him in the place of prayers, worship, the word and intercession.
As a matter of fact mary made that her choice every time Jesus was around,she will be found no where else but at His feet. In John12 ,mary was found at His feet doing what she knows to do best,in humility,worshipping ,and expressing her love and devotion to Him.Here again criticisms rose against her ,but Jesus rose to her defence.Even His closest disciples did not know how to minister to their Lord
,but mary's constant desire and discipline to be at feet helped her to know His need. Jesus answered her critics,,
'' let her be ,for she has come to prepare my body for burial'' -------and where ever this gospel is preached ,this shall be preached in memorial of her.
In John11, her brother had died and buried for 4 days,every body was mourning.when Jesus showed up ,the first to meet Him was martha ,and she had an intellectual conversation with the Lord on faith, death and resurrection,and she left.
Then mary comes and bows at His feet weeping and said exactly the same words as martha, ''Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died''
And Jesus responded by weeping ,and going to the tomb to raise Lazarus from the death.
Friends ,there are prayers ,and there is the prayer of intimacy that evokes divine response each time. This season ,choose wisely,chose the one good thing that is ,needful for you on the earth and for eternity,your time spent in His holy presence.
You can decide to skip cooking that big dinner this christmas,and spend that time with Lord personally,or with your family together.
what is your one thing that is needful this christmas,another extravaganza,or preparing Him room in your heart and life.
Have a Christful christmas,
So very true Esther...thank you for sharing your heart and the love of Christ!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!