BUSY, BUSY

Luke 10: 38 – 42



I'm sure that we have all heard the story of the Christian who complained to anybody that would listen that he were so busy, that he didn't have time to pray. Everything he tried to do in his busy day went wrong. The harder he tried the more things went all pear shaped and he ended up with more work then when he started.
Filled with frustration,he prayed.
He placed his attention on God.
His work immediately started going right and his day became less hectic.
With a change in his heart, he then began to tell anybody that would listen, that he was so busy that he made time to pray.
That's sort of the story of Martha and Mary. Mary sat at the feet of Jesus, while Martha drove herself to exhaustion working and not paying attention to the Lord.

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.
39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!"
41 "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things,
42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."

This whole discussion confirms what a Pastor once told me when he said, “If the devil can't make you bad, he makes you busy.”
And that surprisingly is the key.
When we accept the Lord, we come under attack. Sometimes we are hated by other people and other times the enemy sends troubles our way.
The closer we get to God, the harder he attacks. So, the easiest thing that Satan can do is to take our focus away from our savior.
Be careful not to be distracted.
Spend time with the Lord everyday.