But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” –Luke 10:40, NIV 2010
I’ve been so caught up on trying to catch up and win the race before everyone, I’ve forgotten two very important things:
- that our righteousness is like filthy rags, and
- that I’ve been trying too hard to please God.
Sometimes we try too hard to be ahead of everyone in everything, and we have to realize that our time is not God’s, and that our time is not everyone else’s. (This past sentence I wrote for me. Deep.) Not that it’s bad being busy, and we shouldn’t stay idle, but I admit…
I’ve tried so hard to become the image I think God wants to make of me, I’m not letting Him make the image God actually wants to make of me. Secretly, I’ve been making myself busy with mundane (as in, banal) things that I’ve been forgetting what’s important to God. Tsk, tsk, nod, nod, what should I do?
I’ve tried so hard to do this myself…Lord, please take over…