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Choosing the Necesary

Written by ronda on . Posted in Phoebe Connections.

Luke 10:41-42

The Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice, and it will not be taken away from her.”

Martha was anxious about many things. With Jesus as her guest, she saw all the little things that needed to be done and became overwhelmed. To her, the best way to please Him was to serve Him and serve Him well. She needed her sister’s help but couldn’t seem to drag her away from their guest. Eventually, she became irritated enough to ask Jesus to persuade Mary to help, but Jesus saw things differently.

Mary didn’t want to miss a single word Jesus had to say. If He was in her house, she wanted to be at His feet, taking in everything He had to teach and soaking it up like a sponge. The other things were trivial in comparison, and she could take care of them later. Her idea of best pleasing Jesus was to receive everything He came to bring.

As we see in the passage, Jesus honored Mary’s desire to sit at His feet and hear from Him. She had made the right choice in choosing the one thing that was necessary. She chose to receive from Him rather than do for Him, and this pleased Him.

I’m so very thankful Jesus allowed Mary to stay with Him. Her desire was to receive all she could from Him, and He would not take that privilege from her. He won’t take it from us, either! We can sit and listen at His feet as much as we want, and He is happy to speak to us! As a Mary who often puts off household chores and frequently ponders the meaning of things, I’m relieved that He doesn’t judge my messy house!

Are you anxious about many things today? If so, take time to just sit at the feet of Jesus and hear from Him. Spend time in prayer and in the Word, and just listen to what He has to say. The enemy will always try to fill your mind with things that need to be done. Until you learn to block that out and just receive from Christ, you will find anxiety choking out the one thing that is necessary while you do a thousand things that are optional. Please Him today by receiving from Him, and let anxiety take a back seat in your life.

Have a blessed day!

PHOEBE Connections, Inc. is a 501(c)3 dedicated to enhancing the lives of widows by building relationships and helping them find new identity in Jesus Christ through serving others. We promote an atmosphere of fellowship, where the widow can connect with other widows to develop friendships and supportive relationships.