Luke
10:39-42
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." And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha,
Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good
part, which will not be taken away from her."
Devotion
How precious is the place of devotion with God in our
lives? How easily distracted are we to so quickly leave
that place before God. When we are in the middle of communion
with God do we allow things to easily pull us away from
that place? Martha was distracted with much serving and
many things to do. Because of this she becomes the vehicle
that the devil used to try to pull Mary out of that secret
place with God. Can you see it? The Lord was physically
there to correct Martha and defend Mary’s position
before Him. We must now see Him doing that with us as
we are spending that time before Him. The Lord loves it
when we just want to sit at His feet and hear His words.
These are those holy times that we have before Him. It
is not for us to allow anything to distract us from this
place.
Psalm
27:4
One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple. There
must be an honor given to the Lord when we are in this
place of holy communication with Him. Just like you would
not allow anyone to cut off your conversation that you
are having with someone else. There is a wholly necessary
need to honor our communication with the Lord, not to
be distracted into other things and miss the good words
that He eagerly desires to speak to us. This world is
full of distractions and noise that tries to clog our
hearing of the voice of the Lord. So it is essential that
we make room for Him continually.
Isaiah
32:17-18
The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance
forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.Always
take time to quiet things down. Don’t get into a
busybody ministry mindset. God is not hyped up about what
you are going to do for Him. Although He is expectant
about what He can do through you when you lay your life
down at His feet spending time with Him. This means allowing
Him to fill us up with His Spirit, wisdom and revelation.
Busyness does not equal productivity. The most productive
place is on your face before Him! Constant connectivity
is what He is after. Every day is new and we must start
off fresh each day with Him. Then we maintain that connection
throughout the day. It is a life of devotion. The simplicity
of devotion to Jesus Christ is maintained by continually
drawing from the wells of salvation.
2
Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled
Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted
from the simplicity that is in Christ.A
symptom of a deprived time with the Lord is that a person
is troubled and worried about many things. The things
of this world are choking the words of God out of that
person. They are choking the time with God out of that
person. Jesus says, “Don’t worry”. But
a worry-free life won’t become a reality for anyone
who does not spend quality time with the Lord experiencing
the grace of being truly one of those who “abides”
in Him.
John 15:3-8
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you,
unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for
without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide
in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and
they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they
are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done
for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear
much fruit; so you will be My disciples. It
is the abiding in Him that makes the difference. Apart
from Him we can do nothing. It is the dwelling and abiding
that produces the worry-free life. It is when we find
that our life is hidden with God in Christ that the things
of this world lose hold on us. When we can turn our minds
heavenward and desire the things of heaven, being more
conscious of the things of heaven, then we can move into
a place of faith and expectancy of good. God is good.
If our earthly fathers give good gifts then how much more
will He give the best gifts to us? Faith is a full expectancy
of God’s goodness to be manifest in our lives and
in the earth. Without faith it is impossible to please
Him. So becoming a person of His Presence is primary to
walk in a place that brings Him pleasure. Time in His
Presence cannot be taken from you. The eternal reward
is there being place in your spirit and being stored up
for you in heaven. Make a commitment to spend that time
with Him in full devotion to His heart.
