Distracted? (Daily Devotional)

Greetings and welcome to Living Supernaturally, where we take a few moments to meditate on God’s word. This week, we have been talking about the choices that we make. Luke chapter 10, verses 38-40, ‘Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me.”’ In today’s story, we look at Martha and she is often described as distracted. Many of us, in our lives, we maybe walking in the will of God, but somewhere along the line, we may get distracted. Jesus was teaching a group of people at her house and Mary; Martha’s sister was listening to Him. Martha was doing what any good hostess would do, she was making preparations to serve her guest, she was bring a good host but then she complained that Mary was not helping her. Jesus said, ‘Mary has chosen to do what is better.’ What does that mean? Well, Martha was distracted with all sorts of things to do. These tasks were important, they were tasks that had to be done, yet Jesus says that Mary was doing the right thing. Money, school, friends, work, relationships, these are certain things that can distract from being in God’s presence. Martha chose to do what is important, but Mary chose to do what is honorable. She chose to sit at the feet of Jesus and draw from Him. Even as we go through life, let us remind ourselves not to get distracted but to always set our focus on the Lord Jesus Christ for He is the author and the completer of our faith. Let’s pray, Father, we want to thank you, for this beautiful moment you have given us. Lord, from what we read today, we pray that we will be your children who will not be distracted of the things of this world, but we will set our hearts and minds and fix our eyes on you, that no matter what season of life we are in, we will know that it is you who is directing us, that it is your presence that is leading us, we thank you Father. Help us to refocus our attention to you and help us to walk in your will, we give you all the praise and all the glory, in Jesus’s name we pray, Amen.

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