The next four days we are going to be talking about the 4 major spiritual disciplines, sounds boring, but it is actually fascinating, and steps we cannot skip when we are on the journey to really know our creator.
God does not "need" anything from us. He does not need for us to minister to thousands, or to go around healing and prophesying, or traveling cross country to feed the needy. He can do it himself, lets not forget, he created the universe with just a few words. He invites us to do this so that we can partner with Him, the end result being we can feel and know his heart more.
Yet so many (and I am including myself in this) think that by serving and doing more, we are knowing God more, which is partially true. If we can serve and minister unto God, unto knowing him, than that is Good, and we will feel the heart beat of our creator more. But, if we do it because we think we should, or because we think God will show us more of him because we are "doing" than we have it backwards.
You see, when done properly. We do these things because we have experienced the heart of God, therefore we want to serve him, but to often, like I said, serving him is done because we think it earns us something.
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But 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, 42but only one thing is needed.f]">[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her."
The first discipline I want to talk about is that of sitting and silence. We cannot know God if we are running around trying to be busy. Trying to do what we think we "should do", or what we think looks right.
God desires that we first just come and sit. That we sit before him and listen. listen to his words, listen to his heart. Let his Holy Spirit speak to us. We cannot be used in the kingdom and we cannot know his heart unless we do this.
It is hard, that is why it is called a discipline. Sometimes we will sit and hear and feel nothing. Other times we will sit and feel a lot. But it takes a persistence, it takes discipline to be willing to sit and wait at his feet.
Beloved, do we understand how great this is. Yes, he wants us to go and make disciples out of the nations, but before that, its the great invitation to come and sit. To rest at the feet of Christ, to let him speak to us about his heart, about his great love for us and others.
So the question is which one are you. Are you Martha, who is running around doing all sorts of preparations in order to earn something. Or are you Mary, being found at the feet of Christ. Whats more is the last verse of the passage " Mary has chosen the better and it will not be taken from her".Beloved, its where you belong. At the feet of the one who has made you, who has formed you, who longs to share things with you. The one who wants to talk to you. Lets choose the better.
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