What do you choose first?

Many of you heard on Sunday, thru my amazing husband how much I do not like the statement, "I'm to busy or i don't have time." It's amazing, if we pay attention how many people say it when most of the time what we really mean is, it's not a priority. I found myself walking down this path when I needed to reorganize the kids room.... I walked into their room and glanced around, "I don't have time for this." By the time I turned around I realized, I could make time- it's just not on the top of my list today. This is how my journey of being too busy began....

Wow, amazing how God works! Not to long after my new found discovery of the true meaning behind, "I don't have time or I'm too busy," I entered in a bible study of Martha and Mary. Yes, I know some of you know where I am going with this...touchy, touchy, touchy...

Luke 10:38-42 (New International Version)

At the Home of Martha and Mary
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. 40But 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!"
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."

WOW!!! How many of us spend way to much time of FB, Myspace, Email, Phone etc and not time with God. In my case it is sooooo easy to look around and see- there are always dishes or laundry or vacuuming to be done. But I want to daily choose God first!!!! I have the desire to have a "Mary heart in a Martha world" cause let's face it, the world tells us to be Martha, God asked us to be Mary first.

Dont get read me wrong- I'm not saying you should negelect all your "chores" or your kids, but what I have found thru digging into this passage more elaborately is that God wants us to choose him first. Even as I sit here and type, the dishwasher needs emptied just to filled back up.... but what God has for me, I don't want to miss --the work can be done in a bit.

Matthew 6:33 (New International Version)
33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33 (The Message)

30-33"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.


I ask that you pray with me... That God would spark an awakening into my generation to seek him first.

I leave you with this last thought... what if God said to us, 'today child, I am to busy to listen to your request!'