I am afraid that I have been struggling not to walk in the
same footsteps of our dear Martha in the Bible. I have been so busy worrying
about all the details. How am I going to cover maternity leave? How am I going
to pay for everything this baby needs? How are we going to buy all those
expensive items? Our lease ends in three months and we thought we were supposed
to move, are we? Where do we move? What am I supposed to do with work? What am I supposed to do?

I was so worried about figuring out all the details that I
forgot to take time to sit and listen. I was so worried about making sure that
we were fulfilling all that God was calling us to be by preparing for this baby
and whatever job He wants us to do in the near future, that I forgot it was Him
who was calling us.

My devotion today was called, “Joy of Life’s Little Moments”
and it started with the story of Martha (Luke 10:38-42). The writer talked
about how she wished she could always say she was like Mary, but sometimes she
can struggle with being a Martha. It’s so easy for the still, small voice of
God to get drowned out by everything that is competing for our time. But it’s
so important to remember that the most important thing to do is take time to
sit at the feet of Jesus and just listen to what He has for us.

I immediately was brought to tears because I know I’ve been
too busy being Martha to take part in what Mary had with Jesus.

Philippians 4: 6-7 (MSG) has really been my encouraging
verse lately. “Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions
and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.
Before you know it, a sense of Gods wholeness, everything coming together for
good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ
displaces worry at the center of your life.”

Sometimes there is just so much going on in life that it can
overwhelm us. God understands that we can get overwhelmed; He knows that things
get tough, even He experienced this. That is why we have the story of Mary
& Martha to remind us that we just need to take time to sit at the feet of
Jesus. If we’re not sitting at the feet of Jesus, then everything is going to
cloud out that still, small voice that is waiting there. God’s not going to
compete for our attention, He wants us to long for it to the point that there
is nothing that can compare or compete. It’s easy to lose sight of that
sometimes, but God’s grace is always there to gently remind us how important
time with Him is. If we are not spending time with Him, then He’s not at the
center of our life. It is only when Jesus is at the center of our life that
everything else that weighs us down is displaced.

Breathe In. Breathe Out. God will meet you here, in the
middle of all that overwhelms you.

“It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces
____(Insert all that overwhelms you)___ at the center of your life.”