April 1
2019
Doing and Being
And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. “But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42
We are a society that is often more focused on doing rather than being.
We define our worth by what we do rather than who we are.
Therefore, we spent much of our time making lists and plans and organizing our lives to accommodate all the things we “need” to get done.
Martha was busy doing.
She was upset that Mary was “just” being; and so she complained to Jesus.
She didn’t expect Jesus’ response.
Jesus was not prepared to chastise Mary for not helping.
Mary had “chosen that good part”.
Mary was “being”.
She was sitting at the feet of Jesus and allowing Him to speak into her life.
She was being true to who she was and the relationship she was trying to build.
Martha was “doing”.
She was busy trying to build a relationship with Jesus by “doing” for Him, when really He was there to spend time with her and speak life into her.
Where is your relationship with Jesus right now?
Are you “doing” or “being”?
Jesus does not want us to find our worth in what we do.
He wants us to understand that our inherent worth comes from Him.
Furthermore He is not a hard taskmaster that hands out “to do and not-to-do lists”.
He is far more interested in building relationship with us.
There are times when we need to do, and times when we need to be, but overall, we should be aiming for a “being” lifestyle.
Let Jesus speak life into you today!
Question for Discussion:
Thinking about your lifestyle (not individual situations) are you “doing” or “being”?
If you are “doing”, how will you move to “being”?