At the Home of Martha and Mary (In Luke)
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 few things are needed—or indeed only one.[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
This passage came up a lot for me during training. I felt God really telling me that I was like Martha, I did too much and worried too much and this could sometimes lead me to overlook Him. I needed to be more like Mary and sit and listen. Like I said, this verse came up all the time for me during training, but I hadn't even thought about the verse while here, to be honest, until someone mentioned it the other day. Then I was reminded and I felt God telling me I needed to revisit it. I had kind of been feeling off and like I recently wasn't giving God the time He deserved, and re-reading this verse just really convicted me. I can get busy and focused on worldy things and not spend the time with God that He deserves. Reading this verse this time it really struck me that Mary didn't just sit at Jesus' feet and listen when she had nothing else to do, she sat and listened in the midst of craziness when she could have been doing so many other things, but she chose, what Jesus calls, the better thing, the only thing that is needed. It was a very good reminder of where my priorities should be.
