Be An Eager Mary

"As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 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!' 'Martha, Martha' the Lord answered. 'You are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.'" Luke 10:38-42

This story has always come to mind at times where I needed to be reminded to stop and sit at the feet of Jesus, and just listen. We all are always so busy in life, always on the run, our schedule so crazy packed with things to do. We run around all over, yet neglect to realize the importance of sitting at the feet of Jesus. Jesus, in Martha's frustration tell her that Mary had chosen what is better. 

Jesus wouldn't make Mary go and help Martha because Mary took the time to sit at the feet of the Lord. Would you have done the same? If Jesus was sitting in your living room on the couch, would you be busy in the kitchen cooking and doing everything else, neglecting the fact that Jesus was right there waiting to spend time with you? I don't know about you, but I would spend as much time as I could at the feet of Jesus soaking up every bit of knowledge, and encouragement from him. 

In our busy schedules it's easy to forget how important it is to pause and take even just fifteen minutes out of our day to spend with Jesus. He's sitting there just waiting and hoping you would just stop and come spend time with him. He's always eager to spend time with us. Mary did the right thing and sat at his feet. We need to do the same. 

My encouragement to you today would be to stop, pause, and take just a couple moments and spend some time with Jesus. Pray, talk to him, let him re-energize you and fill you up. It may be just the thing you need to get through the rest of your day. Don't be a busy Martha, be an eager Mary. Eager to sit at his feet and soak Him up.