WORSHIP
TAKES TIME!
Luke 10:41-42
41
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and
troubled about many things:
42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not
be taken away from her.
We
usually
join Jesus in condemning Martha’s whiny attitude but I suspect Martha simply
wanted to trade places with her sister. Martha wanted to sit at the feet of
Jesus as well – or instead. The harder she worked the more she missed the sweet
fellowship her sister enjoyed with the Master.
I
also understand that
when I use the word “worship” today many people get a vision of five guitars
and a set of drums but the word worship has been hijacked. Worship is adoration
of God regardless of its manifestation. Mary simply sat near Jesus and engaged
in quiet conversation. While she worshipped she had stopped working.
Many
of you
are so busy right now that worship has been crowded out. Like Martha, you miss
it but there are things to be done. Graduations, Memorial Day weekend, and the
start of Summer has you in a frenzy. But it is worship you long for and worship
you need.
Ps 27:4
4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord,
and to inquire in his temple.
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