Have you ever been a victim of the "Martha Syndrome”? (See Luke 10:38-42). I have. I was busy, busy, busy, yet I had lost sight of the needful thing. I could not hear God’s voice, yet I knew He was trying to speak to me. Then one day I hit a wall (figuratively). I could not do one more thing and I wanted to quit everything. Lying in bed, trying to figure out how to live there, I heard, "You can’t quit.” Then I heard the phrase, "Mary, Mary.” I thought, "Why am I thinking about the singing group Mary, Mary "? Then I heard, "They’re Mary, Mary because they sit at the feet of Jesus and hear My Word and they are able to do what I’ve called them to do.” (Listen, I cannot confirm that this is why the gospel group has that name, but on this night in my bed, I believe this is what I heard, and I responded accordingly, by getting back into the Word and presence of God- okay? Okay.) In all my busyness, I neglected my sustenance – His Word. Jesus said, "I am the vine, you are the branches…apart from Me you can do nothing (John15:5). When we abide in His Word, we abide in Him.
I now look to rest my physical body and calm my mind, so I can clearly hear His voice. You see, God is always speaking, yet we are not always listening. I never want to be in that place where I felt so lost again. Yet, if I should stumble out of The Way, I’m grateful to God that He knows how to bring me back to that place where I can sit at His feet again.
