“The Lord answered her, ‘Martha, my beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions? Are they really that important? Mary has discovered the one thing that is most important by choosing to sit at my feet. She is undistracted, and I won’t take that privilege from her.'” – Luke 10: 41-42
Busyness would tell you the lie, “The more you do, the more you accomplish.” However, the quantity of work that you do is not as important as the quality of the time you spend with the Lord.
Psalm 39:6 warns us, “We live our lives like those living in the shadows. All our activities and energies are spent for things that pass away. We gather, we hoard, we cling to our things, only to leave them all behind for who knows who.”
Doesn’t that sound a bit chilling? The last thing I would want for my life is that it would end up pointless in view of eternity. The good news is that Jesus tells us exactly what we need to do to ensure that our lives end up meaning something.
“So above all, constantly chase after the realm of God’s kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from Him. Then all these less important things will be given to you. Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself.” Matthew 6:33-34 TPT
Spending time with God helps us to focus our efforts and know what our purpose and calling is. That time with the Lord also equips us to fulfill His destiny for us.
When we get busy, we are unable to recognize the opportunities that God places in front of us. Or worse yet, we are unable to respond to those opportunities because we don’t have the time to do so.
Take time to spend with the Lord and you will start to see things from His perspective. When you take time so learn from and be equipped by God, you are able to say, “No” to the unimportant things so that you can say “yes” to the important things. Set in your heart to chase after the realm of God’s Kingdom and the righteousness that proceeds from Him. There is no higher calling, nor more worthy activity.
**All verses taken from The Passion Translation.
(James is an active part of our worship team, men’s group, and welcome team)