one thing [is needful] by EF

The following is a short article written by a good friend here at Northland. This could not have been written at a better time, as I am in the very same boat. Business (and I am busy) is not spirituality if the Lord is not in it. Take the time to read and think on this, it will be the best thing you have done in a while!


one thing [is needful]
by Elizabeth Fraser (notes) 10:19pm Today

the Lord has used several circumstances in the past two weeks to totally change my perspective of serving... so often i find myself equating "business" with "spirituality"... "I'm so busy, so that means i must be serving"... but God's ways are so much higher than ours.

in Luke 10, you find two sisters... one is busy serving while the other simply sat at the feet of Jesus listening. Martha was busy with much serving and wanted her sister to come help her... but Jesus replied by telling her that only one thing was needful and Mary had chosen that thing. ONE THING IS NEEDFUL. sitting at the feet of Jesus and learning of Him.

as i look around i see many Christians who are busy serving (me included) and yet they're exhausted and frustrated... as Martha was burdened and distracted with much serving. not that serving is not important, but it was Christ who gave the command of the one needful thing. i so often forget. time in God's Word, time in prayer, time just spent with HIM is so much more important than anything else i do.

another passage that has totally blown me away is in John 17... Papa G (i.e. mr. goyak) had a huge part in sharing this with me. in three years on the earth, Jesus Christ, completed all the work that His Father had given Him. couldn't He have preached to more crowds? or healed more sick? or taught more people? no, He completed His Father's will for Him. wow, what a challenge to all of us. is everything we do based on the will of God? are we so busy that we forget what really is needful?

learning to sit at HIS feet...
e. fraser