In a facebook chat I had with Kevin Browning he asked me what God had been showing me recently. I replied that a lot of the time I find myself being the girl who does all of the physical labor on a task and find myself neglecting the relational aspect with the person I am supposed to be serving. He immediately reminded me of the story of Mary and Martha. I knew God was at work in that very instant. With Kevin's reference to Mary and Martha it marked the third time in a week that that passage had been presented to me: once by Kevin, once in our youth group meeting, and once in Sunday morning service. There is no way that could even be considered a coincidence. God is trying to get me to realize the importance of service and what that truly means to me.
Being the control freak that I am I especially loved the entry saying "Right here we must see the difference between choosing to serve and choosing to be a servant. When we choose to serve, we are still in charge" So often I obsess over small inconsequential details when God clearly has all my plans mapped out for me in the exact way they are meant to be. I need to relinquish my control and give it all up to God and do his service.
Shannon, I have diffinantley been in you shoes before, finding myself identifying more with Martha than Mary. There is something so sweet about Mary's approaching. She sees service as being at the feet of Jesus and with Him, much more than any task. I wish I could fully understand this. Serving and doing kingdom work is simply to just be with Jesus! Crazy! I guess out of that place we just act out of our close bond with Jesus and not anything we try to do on our own. This is pretty profound, your post got my wheels turning & light switches turned on. Thanks girl!
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