Source: RBC ministries – Our Daily Bread.
Laptops can become a distraction during class. Oh how amazing some object of great value can become a instrument of destruction. The delicate vertebrate of the homo sapiens are, as well, an intricate design made to do good deeds, but we have chosen our own ways, and misused the privileges we gain. Good things that have value can draw our attention away from what we should be paying attention to. This was true for Martha. Luke 10:40 says she was “distracted with much serving,” which took her away from spending time with Jesus.In the same way, a good hobby can have value in and of itself. But if it distracts you from your family responsibilities or relationship with God, some changes are needed.
Are life’s good options distracting you from what your primary priorities should be? Return, as Jesus told Martha, to what “is needed.” — Dave Branon
A Prayer: Help me, Lord, to make and to keep right priorities. To put You and time with You first. Give me discernment and the willingness to obey You today. Amen.
(Luke 10:41-42) 41″Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but only one thing is needed.[a] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not
be taken away from her.”
The birds know of where to lay,
to sing, too, but only in day,
Protecting family, hey,
never swans from mind’s bay.
A tree is withering to shreds,
not whining on shortening crests,
The tree delights in its fruit and rests,
Look at what we kept bests!
Branches burn, twigs scatter,
Palled eyes scan the smother,
but ripe fruits tell its never,
too late to save another.
