What will you choose for today?

Luk 10:38 As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him in her home.
Luk 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to his teaching.
Luk 10:40 Martha was upset over all the work she had to do, so she came and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself ? Tell her to come and help me!"
Luk 10:41 The Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha! You are worried and troubled over so many things,
Luk 10:42 but just one is needed. Mary has chosen the right thing, and it will not be taken away from her."
Wow, I am sooooo totally Martha! I am the first to make sure everything gets done and as soon as it is done there is more to do. I realized this Sunday morning during the sermon. I was actually thinking about leaving church early to get some stuff done! WOW! I didn't leave but I prayed before the sermon started that I would get something out of the sermon. My thinking was, "If I am going to stick around for this instead of getting done what needs done then it needs to be good." Are you serious? I mean.....helloooooo! What am I thinking these days?! Everything God does is good and even He rested! So here I am, beginning to think that what I have to do is more important than staying in church. This is just crazy! I am glad that I am still a work in progress. It would just be horrible if God left me all on my own to figure this out because I am such a complete and total mess. Praise God that He doesn't leave us alone and that He wants what is best for us and that He knows what is best for us. We are totally clueless!
Psa 27:4 I have asked the LORD for one thing; one thing only do I want: to live in the LORD's house all my life, to marvel there at his goodness, and to ask for his guidance.

God asks for relationship with us. That is what he wants. We can't have a relationship if we are constantly running to and fro trying to do what WE want to do and not even giving Him a thought. I do want to live in the LORD's house all my life. We should marvel at His goodness always. When was the last time you just really looked around your life...your house....your family....the nature all around you...your many many blessings and just got overwhelmed and said WOW...look at His goodness, I do not deserve this. Because we truly do not. When we make a choice in the morning of how to live we need to choose this every single day. If we do not choose to let God lead us then we are choosing wrong.

Quote from last Sunday's sermon: "Sin isn't ot just choosing evil of God....it is also choosing good over God...."

God wants our everything and He is leading us. When we start taking things in our own hands....even the good things....we need to stop and think about what we are doing. For me this means to take the time every day to really stop and think about what God is calling me for that day. I put SOOOOOOOO much unnecessary stress on myself every day because I try to do so much that God doesn't even ask me to do....that is crazy! We need to be listening to what God has for us. He wants what is best an only He knows what is best.

So.....how do I apply all of this to my life? Well, for starters, I start my day on my knees. I ask God to please lead me through this day. I ask Him to please control my thoughts and help me to remember that I am NOT in charge. I am NOT in control. And I don't want to be in control. Life is sooooo much better when we give it all to Him.....

Have a super blessed day with the Father!

~Dawn~