You have to have a confidence in God, and believe him, in order to be like king David, who entirely relied on his God, to help him, in his troubles.
When you read the Psalms, you will find in many places, that king David, always went to God for help, in whatever trouble he was facing. He had that trust and confidence in his God, that God will help him and protect him. I mean, think about it. King David was involved in battles, on the battle field, where he could easily be killed. And that was not only once or twice, but many times, while he was a king. And yet, he trusted in God for protection, and God protected him. When you read Psalm 25:15, 16, 17, you can see, that king David, was suffering, and was in anguish, for whatever reason, and very often as you can read in the Psalms, the reason was his enemies. King David, was the man after God's heart, as the Bible says, yet, he was many times in trouble and anguish. You may be thinking, well, how can king David, be a man after God's own heart, and yet, suffer and be in anguish, so many times? Well, yes, he was a man after God's own heart, and God delivered him from all sorts of troubles and suffering, but God did not prevent king David, having troubles. It is obvious that king David had troubles and suffered a lot, as you read through the Psalms, and in the Old Testament. But God delivered him, and helped him, in all those troubles. So we as Christians, have a promise from Jesus too, that we will troubles in this world. That is one of the promises of God for us, and we like it or not. But yet, Jesus also said, that he has overcome the world, and he expects us, to do the same, with his help, and for his glory. Read John 16:33. Going back to king David, in Psalm 25:15, 16, 17, he was asking God, to release him from his anguish and his troubles of his heart. King David, the man after God's own heart, often felt squeezed and pressed, from various directions in his life, which made him feel alone, in anguish, helpless, afflicted and fearful. Do you find yourself in a similar situations sometimes? Do not despair. There is hope for you! Whenever you feel lonely, call on him, who is always with you, and promised to never forsake or leave you! Whenever you are full of fear, call to God to help you and release you from fear, just like king David did, and just as it is written, in Psalm 34. When you are in depression of despair, come to Jesus, who promised to leave his joy in us. Whatever ails you, come to God, because his hand is not too short to deliver, and comfort you in trouble. He has the answer, before you even had the problem. But he is not going to just pour out his answer to you, unless you come to him, and show and prove by your actions, that you are in trouble, even though, he knows it anyway. He just wants you to come to him, and pour out your heart, not because he does not know what is in your heart, because he does, but because he wants to see your willingness to come to him for help, and expressing your trust and believe in him, for delivering you, from your trouble.
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You may wonder sometimes, if God has forgotten or does care about your suffering and pain. If you have suffered for while, and you have been in pain, either emotionally or physically, and have not seen relief yet, it does not mean that God does not care for you, or that he has forgotten or does not pay attention to your suffering.
How many good fathers are there, who will not care or pay attention to the suffering of their children? Not many! And why is that, that there are some Christians, who tend to think, that when they are suffering or in pain, God has forgotten them, or does not care about their suffering. Let me tell you, that it is a lie straight from hell. The enemy of your soul, will want you to believe, that God does not care for your suffering, and does not pay attention, to your pain. In Psalm 22:24 the NLT New Living Translation, says that God has not ignored the suffering, and has not turned his back to the afflicted person. And that person includes you, if you follow God, believe in him, trust him, and want to obey him. And it is not only in Psalm 22:24, that the Bible shows us that God really cares for us. And he said that we should cast all our anxieties on him, and that includes our suffering and pain. Because, what are some Christians anxious about sometimes? Is it not sometimes about health issues, and sickness? Of course that is. If you suffer in persecution for your faith in God, and you want to be free from persecution, then God can deliver you from persecution for your faith in him, but sometimes, he will not deliver you from being persecuted for your faith in Jesus Christ, but will give you enough grace and strength, so that you can endure that persecution, for your faith in him. Read the book of Revelation 2:10. After you read it, you can see very clearly, that Jesus says some who are addressed in Revelation 2:10, will be put in prison for 10 days, because of their faith, so that they could be tested. Now, you can maybe ask yourself, why does not God deliver them from persecution and suffering? Well, we do not know why, but that is what is written in the Bible. God could deliver them if he wanted, but he let them or their faith in Jesus, be tested, by letting them be persecuted for 10 days. But nevertheless, the pain of the child, is also the pain of the father. God just does not look from heaven at your pain and suffering, and wonder if he is going to deliver you or not. His will is always to take care of your suffering, and to wipe every tear away from your face, just as it says that he will, in the Book of Revelation. How could God want to wipe every tear away from your face, and yet, not want to deliver you from pain and suffering? Of course he does, and he will. Just believe that it will happen for you too, personally. Every single day, we are bombarded from all directions with all sorts of shifting bad news. The world is sinking into depression and despair, and most people out there, do not know what is going on, or what will be going on, in the near future. But we as Christians, are not left unaware, of why things are, as they are in the world, or what will happen, in the future, because our God has said in his Word, what will happen, in the last days! We have read the end of the book, the Bible, and we win! Glory and thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for that!
When we read Psalm 116:6-9, we can see someone, who has learned to do the right thing, when they feel down or depressed. The are not continuing to wallow in their depression, but have lifted their eyes up to God, away from all those depressing things, in their lives, and around the world. They have decided to think about the heavenly things, and not about the earthly things, as we are admonished to do, in the Bible. The person in Psalm 116:6-9, pays attention to their soul state, and and when they find that their heart is sinking in despair, they remind themselves, and their soul, to take a rest. But what is important is to realise, that the reason that person in that Psalm 116 is telling his own soul to take a rest, or to relax in other words, is because that person knows their God, and trusts in him, and his Word. In verses 6 and 7, the psalmist says that God has dealt bountifully with him, and that it is God who has taken away his tears. Do you see that? It is not about what is happening around the psalmist and his life, no. It is about the fact, that God has taken his tears away from him. The confidence and the comfort of the psalmist in Psalm 116, comes from his trust in God, and his Word. That psalmist knew very well, that no matter what happens in his life, God is always there to help him, and comfort him, and to keep him from stumbling or hurt in his life, in the future. In the same way, we as Christians, have to trust what Jesus said and promised to us, that if we are burdened, we should come to him, and find rest of our souls. The rest Jesus provides for our souls as his followers, is always there for us, 24/7, but it is up to us to believe that, and to take advantage of that rest, provided from God for us. If we do not take that rest Jesus provides for us with faith, it will not enter our hearts and souls. We have to receive the rest God provides for our souls, with faith, just as we receive everything else from him, by faith, if that is a spiritual blessing or material. That is why Jesus said in the Gospel of John, that we should not let our hearts be troubled. He is putting the emphasis on us, not to let our hearts be troubled. Only then, we can really experience the peace Jesus provides for us, and the rest he gives us. If we fret, and worry, and are full with anxiety, and not trusting in what God says in his Word for us, how can we have and enjoy the rest which Jesus provides? Are you anxious today, about some situation in your life? Many people there are!
This world and what is happening in it, has plenty of reasons to be worried and anxious, for millions of things. The world is going south, in many aspects, from day to day, and it even tries to drag many Christians, in its going south, so if you are not careful, the world and its anxiety causing situation, can make to feel more anxious, than more at peace, every day. You have to realise, that God always cares about your anxiety, so much so, that he caused some of his people in the past, to write and put it on paper in his Word, to let you know, that he does care. God knew from very long time ago, that this world, because of drifting away from him, will cause its own inhabitants, to live in fear, by seeing all the terrible things happening out there. God knew, and God has made sure, that his own people, must be comforted, and not be anxious every day, because of what they see and hear, be it on television, be it on Internet, or the newspapers. God cares. He never designed you to live a life of anxiety and fear, because of the world circumstances, and what happens around. In so many places in the Bible, God says that he wants to, and will comfort his people, and that is what you and me can take and place in our hearts, as a guard of our souls and hearts, to guard us against anxiety and fear. In Isaiah 40:1, God says very plainly twice, that he wants to comfort his own people. He did not say it once, but twice! Why? Because he wants you to know, that he will surely comfort you, if you are living in anxiety and worry, and you believe in him, and follow his ways. Jesus made it very clear in the Gospels too, that in this world we will have trouble, but at the same time he said, that he leaves his own divine peace with us. He knew, that his followers, will suffer many times over, in the future, after his resurrection, all over the world, and he said, that we can have his own peace in us, which passes logic and understanding and reasoning, to guard our hearts and mind in him, and to keep us sane, and not only that, but to overcome the world, just as he did. Perhaps you have anxiety caused by outside circumstances, but you have him, on the inside. Now, the one who lives in you on the inside, Jesus Christ himself, will fight your anxious circumstances on the outside, so that you can be a victor, and not a victim of circumstances. He thinks that if he overcame the world, his followers, his body the church, should be over-comers in this anxious world. The gates of hell, will try to prevail and make the Church anxious and worried, but they will prevail, according to the world of Jesus. Jesus does not want you, to be alone, in your own anxiety and worry, but he wants to share it with you, to bear your burden, and to slash that anxiety and worry in peaces, and that is why, he has called us, to cast all our anxiety on him, so that he can deal with it in a much better and superior way, than we do it ourselves. Give it to him, he knows how to deal with it better than you do! Once you do it, you will want to do it again, and again, because you will be able to sleep well, each night, knowing that he is dealing with it. Do not take your anxiety and worry back to yourself, once you give it and cast it up to heaven to God, but leave it entirely to him, to sort it out, and he will. If you take your anxiety back, once you have cast it to him, you will have to deal with it yourself again, and that means more sleepless nights and worry! What are you worrying about? Do you find yourself worrying every day for various things in your life? Do you worry about your needs, having no job, or no money to pay your bills? Or do you worry about your health and a disease which you believe and expect God to heal? Worry is an enemy which attacks Christian or non Christian. It is a common mental challenge which plagues the lives of many people around the world. The question is, what can you do about your own worry, so that your life will be less worry-full, and more worth living. You see, we as Christians are either worryors or warriors. God has commanded us to stop being anxious, and to be soldiers of Christ. He calls us and wants as to behave like soldiers for him, and not like worry wimps. He knows that we do not need to worry, even when we do. He wants us to be like Apostle Peter, who was just sleeping and relaxing amount the soldiers guarding him, when he was in prison. Peter was sleeping, and not worrying. How do we know? Well, people who worry too much, can not usually sleep. Listen, God wants you to stop worrying, and be free from it! Why, because he knows that worry deprives you from trusting in him, and believing him for a miracle in your life. You can not worry about your problem, and believe for a miracle at the same time, because the fact that you worry, shows that you do not belief enough to see the miraculous. People who believe God for a miracle, are confident in him, that he will do it in their life. You can not be confident in God for a miracle, if you worry! We either believe our circumstances more, or we believe God more. The closer we are to God, and the more we know him, the further we are from our troublesome circumstance in life. And the closer we are to our circumstance, and the more we know about it, and the more it dominates us, the further we are from our trust and faith in God, for delivering us and helping us, in that difficult circumstance. We either believe or worry. The one can 'kill' us, and the other can heal us. The choice is entirely ours. God has provided us with everything in his Word, to be warriors for him, instead of 'worryors'. As we know in Philippians 4:6, God tells us not to be anxious about anything first, and then the next verse tells us that the peace of God, will guard our heart and minds in Christ Jesus. We have to do our part, not to be anxious, so that we can allow, the peace of God to guard our minds and hearts in Christ. If we are worried most of the time, how can we let the peace of Christ to do what it is supposed to do, in our hearts and minds? If we worry, we do not let the peace of God to rule in our hearts. This world gives us many reasons to be worried and anxious, but on the other hand, the Word of God gives us reasons not to!
There is no situation left hopeless, if you are with God, because everything is possible with God! When Jesus went to heaven, he did not leave us hopeless, and he did not leave his disciples hopeless and in despair. God never wants his children to be hopeless! How can you be blessed by God and hopeless at the same time? How can you be victorious in Christ, and yet be hopeless at the same time? No, it does not go like that. Only this world, which is without God, is hopeless, because they do not have the One, who can turn their situation from hopeless, to hopeful. But we are not of this world, and Jesus said to his followers, that he has overcome the world. He still overcomes, through us, because he lives in us. Jesus is the head, and we are his body, and he wants his body to be full with hope, and to overcome today, for his glory. In Romans 15:13, it says that we believe in the God of hope. He is called the God of hope. Why? Because there is always hope with him! He loves to turn your hopeless situation into hopeful, because, first of all, he will get the glory by doing that, and second, you will be blessed too. God wants you and me, to overflow with hope as written in Romans 15:13. Hope means waiting to receive something good, in the future. And not only that, but in Romans 15:13, it also says, that God fills us with joy and peace, so that we can overflow with hope. Being only hopeful for something, but miserable on the inside, while you are waiting, is no fun, and makes what you hope for, to be more difficult to wait for. But God fills those who hope to receive from him, the answer of what they hope for, with joy and peace, so that it will make it easier for them to wait to receive, what they are hoping for. That is what Romans 15:13 says. It is sometimes difficult to wait in hope, to receive what you hope for, but if God gives you joy and peace, while you wait, it makes it more bearable and easier to wait for what you are hoping for. When it comes to suffering, in the life of the Christian, God is always concerned, and is always ready to be present in trouble, as he has promised in Psalm 46:1.
God always cares about our tears, and he wants to wipe them away, as he has promised in the book of Revelation. God cares for your tears! What are you crying for! If it not of joy, then it surely is because of suffering. There is so much going around in the world now, to make you feel crying for a week, non stop. Is God passive to hurry up to comfort you, and wipe away your tears? The Bible is full with verses about God, wanting to comfort his own children, in the Old Testament and the New. If you look at Psalm 119, verses 50, 52, 92, and 93, you can see how vital is for everyone, who has the Word of God, living of the inside of them, to make sure, that they do not forget, what God has promised. You can parish in anguish, disappointment and fear, if you mainly concentrate and look at the bad things going around you, and in the world. But in Psalm 119:92, 93, you can see that the writer claims victory over suffering, by holding on to his faith in the Word of God. He is making sure he does not forget what God has promised in his Word, and that surely includes promises about comfort from God, in a time of trouble. Trouble on the outside, but comfort on the inside by the Comforter, the Holy Spirit himself, and by the promises of God, kept in your heart. The load of suffering and depressing news in this world, is growing bigger and stronger, from day to day, and unless we pick up the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and think, it, apply it, and meditate on it daily, we too, can easily perish in suffering and despair. The Word of God has the ability to revive the soul, as it is written in it. When we find ourselves in the fire of suffering, more often than not, we naturally think and worry, about the thing which makes us suffering and how to get out of it. But, what God wants us to do, is to spend more time thinking about what he has promised to do, when we are suffering, and think more about that. Just look at verses 50 and 52 of Psalm 119, and see how the person was finding comfort in his own suffering. By remembering the Word of God, and by holding on on the promises of God. If you continue to meditate and hold on, on the promises of circumstances and what you hear and see, they will infiltrate, your mind, your heart, and eventually your life, and they will become your new reality, instead of the truth and the reality of what the Word of God says. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he, as the Proverbs say. Do you worry about the things going around in the world? Do you worry about things in your own life, perhaps how get rid of a chronic disease, or how to find an employment, or perhaps, about broken relationships with members of your own family?
Why do we worry? Well, worry does on in our own brain, by us calculating and estimating what we can do, in order to make sure, that we will be free from danger, or to make sure, that we will be safe, and without unnecessary suffering in our life. All that sounds good, that we are taking a precaution of how to avoid harmful or dangerous things in our life. But, the problem becomes, when we start thinking too much, and on a regular basis, about the same things again and again, so much so, that those thoughts of worry, occupy our mind most of the time, or at least, very often. The Word of God is full with examples of people being anxious or worried in their life, about various things. Just look at the Psalms, and you can find plenty of anxious and fear loaded people, and how they came to God for help, and for comfort. In Psalm 68:19, the Word of God tells us very clearly, that God bears our burdens daily. That is interesting! God is concerned about my and your problems, anxieties and worries, on a daily basis. Because our daily burdens are just that, our daily fears, anxieties, problems and worries. If not, then what else could our burdens be? But is says very clearly that God bears our burdens or problems, daily, not some times, not once a wee, but every day! Is not that comforting to know, that God cares for what troubles us, and what we worry about? Just as the Bible tells us to cast all our anxieties on him, because he cares for us. Next time you sit down and worry about certain things in your life, I would suggest, that you grab Bible, open in on Psalm 68:19 and remind yourself, of what God thinks and says about the problems you worry about. God wants to take care about your burden and worry everyday. Would you let him have your problem and sort it out, or would you continue to keep the problem to yourself, and carry on worrying about it, instead of dropping it in God's hands, to let him sort it out for you? The choice is yours! What to do, when you are in a great distress?
Read Psalm 77. Verse 2: When our soul is so distressed, that we naturally refuse to be comforted, because we have lost all hope! Verse 4: That is a great distress! So much trouble and distress that you become numb in your emotions, unable to speak! The solution? Start remembering all the blessings help and good things God has given you in your past! Meditate on them! How did God helped you in any distressing situation in the past! Think about that! Verse 6: Remember all those days or nights in the past, when you were feeling so blessed from God, and his presence, that you sang him songs! Verses 7, 8, 9: Ask yourself these questions? Can God stop being merciful and loving you ever? Can he forget you and your distress? Oh, no, his great love and mercy for you make him unable to forget you and your distress! He cares for you! Just hung on him and his promises! Do not give up, because he never gives up on you, because he loves you so much! Verses 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 The solution to your distress and problem, is to start meditating and thinking about all the mighty and powerful miracles and things which God has done many times in the past, either for other people like his own people Israel, or for you personally! When we start thinking about all the blessings, and all the help God has given to us or others in the past, that is when we start hoping and believing that there is no reason for him not to do the same today in our lives! Why should he do it only in the past, but not now! He does not change, his love and mercy for us does not change, so he will do it for us again! There is so much trouble out there in the world today, so that the heart of a Christian or unbeliever, can sink into the darkness of despair. All that Covid 19 stuff, has created even more fearful event in the world, to make your head spin.
As a Christian, do you find yourself sometimes also sinking in despair and anxiety, even just by watching what is going on in the News? Do you sometimes feel fearful and worried, what is going to happen next in all this situation of trouble and bad news in the world? If you do, you are not alone! Even as a Christians, we can fall into depression and negative way of thinking just by watching what is going around us, and in the world. But, as a Christian, you have the great advantage, in comparison of people of this world, without God! What is the advantage? Well, the solid truth and fact, that you have the Spirit of the Almighty God, living on the inside of you, the one who is also called the 'Comforter' in the original Greek language by which the New Testament is written. You see, when we read chapter 14 and verse 1 from the Gospel of John, we can clearly see, that Jesus told his disciples, not to let their hearts be troubled. That is not an option, I believe that is a command! God does not tell us "Well, if you want to feel anxious and troubled, that is fine, but I suggest that you do not let your heart be troubled". No, Jesus did not say that! He just said to them in a very simple plain language "Do not let your heart be troubled"! Do you see that? God is saying "You DO NOT LET your heart be troubled". So we make the choice to let it be or not be troubled. All starts with us, not with God, about the condition of our hearts in the time of trouble. We can let our hearts be troubled by our circumstances, or we can chose not to let our hearts be troubled. It is all down to our choice. The only way we can experience the peace of God which Jesus has left for us, and which passes understanding, is if we first, DO NOT LET our hearts be troubled! The Bible commands us to not be anxious for anything, but in everything to pray to God with thanksgiving in our hearts. I know that is easier said that done in our lives, especially when we are in a difficulty, but that is what God wants from us, to aim to stop letting our heart be troubled, and to let our hurts trust in God, for his help and deliverance in all the adverse and difficult situations in our life. God has already given us all that we need, to not let our hearts be troubled, when there is trouble in our life. He has provided everything we need from him, in order to continue to be with hearts full with his peace from heaven, as Jesus promised us that he has left his peace to be in us. When you read John 16:33, you can see, that there is a promise from Jesus for us, and that is, and the promise is, that in this world we will have trouble. Oh he knows all about this Covid 19 and all other troubles that bother us, and he cares! But in that same verse, he also said, that we should take courage, because he has overcome the world! That is a powerful statement! I believe Jesus is saying to us in John 16:33, "OK, I know you will have trouble in this world, but I have given you solution and help in those troubles, because I have overcome the world". Do you see that? If Jesus has overcome the world, so can we, by him continuing to overcome the troubles we have in this world, just because he lives in us today. He still continues to overcome the world, and its troubles through us, and by living in us, for his glory and our comfort! Jesus was saying to the disciples in John 16:33, that if he could overcome the world, so can we, just because he lives in us, and wants to make us over-comers of the world and its troubles as he is even today. You can break free, from anxiety and worry about, how you will pay your next bill, where to find a job, or to be healed from disease! That is what God promises in so many places in his Word for his children! Do you find yourself, in a situation where you are stuck with an incurable condition, or you wonder how you can pay your bills, or you worry about how to find an employment, and more money for your needs? Well, all this situation in the world, with this Covid 19 stuff, is really making the world wonder and worry, what will happen next. But, if you are a Christian, read on, because the one who created the world, has put his attention on you, and your situation. God either cares for us, or he does not. What matters is that he has said that he cares. He cares for your bill to be paid, he cares to restore you to health, and he cares to provide what you need! That is a fact established in heaven, and in his Word. The Bible says that no word from God will fail! Your illness, your lack of money or lack of employment will fail to accomplish its own purpose, but the Word of God will never fail to accomplish its own purpose, but will fulfil the reason, why God sent it on the first place! If you look at Psalm 9:9, you can clearly see that is says that God is our stronghold, in a time of trouble. Well, living in a Covid 19 is a time of trouble, but God is our stronghold, and we can surely run into the protection and the provision from God, in that time of trouble. When we are in a time of trouble, it is the time to run to God and come close to him for help, and not run away from God. In Psalm 9:10, God says that he will never forsake us. That is about God not forsaking us, or forgetting about us, especially when we are in a time of trouble! That is what it says, because it says so, in verse 9, of Psalm 9. That means God will not forsake you, or forget about your illness which is waiting to be healed from him, and he will not forsake or forget about your need of money or employment. That is what God is concerned about not forsaking you! He just says that you will be helped, provided and healed from him, only if you do one thing, and that is to trust in him and his Word. If you can do that one thing, as it says in Psalm 9:10, to know God's name, seek him, and trust in him, then the rest will be done for you by God himself! If you seek first your employer, or your doctor for your disease, very often you can be disappointed with the trust you have in them, because that trust can often crumble. But God is saying 'Trust me, because I am trustworthy'. How many times you can trust God? Any time, without limit, just as he is not limited. That is all he asks, that we trust him, and his Word. God has a good solid reason, to ask us to trust in him and his Word, and that reason is, that he knows that his Word is true! That is why Jesus said so many times in the Gospels, 'truly, truly I say to you'. Your hope in God, to help you in your illness, find a job, or money, will never perish, if you continue to trust him! That is what Psalm 9:18 says, meaning that if you are afflicted by unemployment, illness or a lack of money, your hope to be helped by God, will never perish, but what you hope to get from God, will be accomplished, because he has promised so! God wants us to grow in our faith in him, but we can do certain things in our life, which will hinder or prevent that growth, or the level of that growth.
One of the things which will slow down our growth in the things of God, is our daily worries and cares, for the many things which are in our life, and which often are very important. When a seed is sown into the ground, if there are good conditions in the soil, and if the soil is good, it will die and produce a plant. But, that plant needs to grow. If there are no thorns around that seed, that plant will grow no problem. But if there are thorns close to that seed, the pant will be overshadowed by the thorns, and they will slow down the growth of that plant. In a similar way, when there are many cares in our life, and many worries, we can let them overshadow the function and the purpose of the Word of God in our life. Of course we need to take care of many vital and important things in our life, on a daily basis, perhaps, we need to sort out or sift, which things are not necessary, even if we think that they are. It is up to us, if we will let various spiritual ‘thorns’ to overshadow the work of God in our life. We can be like Mary, which chose to be with Jesus, and to listen to him, sitting at his feet. Or we can be like Martha, which was listening to noise of all the preparations going on in the kitchen, instead of listening to Jesus (Luke 10:41). It is all about choice. Jesus recommended Mary, instead of Martha, because Mary chose to be with Jesus when he came to them, instead to be with all the cooks and chefs in the busy kitchen. Martha let the worries about the cakes and chicken in the oven, take over, and overshadow, what Jesus was talking to those listening and sitting around him. Martha let the worries of the kitchen overshadow the Word of God for her life, and she missed the vital lessons from heaven, coming from the lips of Jesus. So, in that sense, in that particular moment, Mary grew spiritually, but Marta just grew in body weight, by circulating around the cakes in the kitchen. Mary became ‘fatter’ in her spirit, by feeding on the words of Jesus, and Martha by feeding in the kitchen. Sometimes the worry about the chicken in the oven or the cakes in the kitchen, can shrink our spiritual growth, and increase our circumference and waist line. Doing things for God, like Martha did, when she prepared the meal for Jesus, is not enough to be closer to God, and to grow spiritually. We need to be with Jesus because that is what our relationship with God is all about, first of all. To be with God. Doing things for God is important, but being with God is more important. That is why Jesus said that Mary has chosen the better part. |
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