The Father's Menu

The Father's Menu

Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Thursday, January 2, 2020

ONE THING IS NEEDFUL 2

Let me once again welcome you into the New Year 2020. It will be a year of great reward for us in the name of Jesus. I started with our theme for the year yesterday on ONE THING. As we journey into the year, whatever you choose outside God’s Word as basis for living is immaterial. Life outside Christ can get you wrongly occupied and distracted from the truth.

When people get distracted, in effect they are forgetting that "the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing!" Mary got it; Martha, not so much. So, looking at the action of these two women which is more important: bread? Or God’s Word? I want you to also consider the things that may likely take Christ away from you in this 2020. Do something about them.

Although what Martha was doing was not wrong, her focus was on those things and not on Jesus. Many people can get so caught up in church and completely forget about Jesus. Fixing things, making sure everything is ok, cooking, etc... They're not bad things, but when you leave Jesus aside, you are leaving salvation aside. We must seek Him first, everything else will be added on. This is what Mary did. Mary and Martha knew Jesus, were close to Him, and had even accepted Him as LORD. The problem is when there is no daily communion with Jesus and He is put aside, we get further and further away from Him. Martha was allowing the things of life to be of more importance than Jesus Himself

 Jesus said of Martha "you are worried and upset about many things”; this indicates that faith in God’s grace was lacking in Martha. The one thing that is needed is “faith in God’s grace” from which eternal service legitimately proceeds.  

.Prayer: Father, please give me direct access to your word and deliver me from the works of the flesh.

Further reading: Luke 10:38-42

Read through the Bible: Ezra 2 & Acts 2