Are You too Busy?

Scripture:
Luke 10:38-42
1 Timothy 1:18

The ugly reality of war is death and pain.  People get hurt both physically and emotionally from the acts of war.  The closest I ever came is being in the middle of the ocean on an aircraft carrier with planes ready to launch for an attack.  You could feel the tension in the air as everyone waited for the go to launch.  After a long wait we were told to stand down.  At the time I didn’t realize how lucky we were not to launch that attack.

One simple fact of truth all of us must understand is that we are constantly at war.  We fight spiritual battles on a daily basis against an unseen enemy.  Satan’s goal is to destroy what God has created.  He will attack us at anytime in anyplace.  One of his deceptions we face is busyness.  We become too busy to spend time with God.  The funny thing is that we even convince ourselves that what we are doing is for God.  When this happens we can lose focus on our relationship with Jesus.  If left unchecked we will lose our effectiveness as well.  Jesus told Martha that Mary had her priorities set right.  He wasn’t going to tell Mary to change them.  Martha thought she was doing the right thing.  Indeed they were tasks that needed to be done.  However, in her busyness she lost sight of her true focus, what really mattered.  We need to be more like Mary but too often we follow Martha’s footsteps.

Let us all slow down and refocus on what is important, Jesus.  Let us focus on our relationship with Him and not on the overwhelming number of tasks we have set for ourselves…