But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
When Jesus was enjoying the fellowship with His friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary He imparted a truth that you should pick up on and seek. People see life as very complicated, especially today with so many places they must be, errands they need to do, clients and customers that need to be served, continuing education and classes that must be taken to keep your license or job, applications, tax returns, corporate formalities to keep, and families that they are trying to raise and work full time at the same time. Even for young children and teenagers, there are so many pressures to succeed by doing well in schoolwork and sports so they can get in the right colleges with financial aid. It takes its toll in lives filled with strife, anxiety, fear, jealousy, and selfish ambition.
But the good news is that it does not have to be that way. Even amid so much activity you can be content without worry or fear producing as easily as a branch on a vine. Only one thing is necessary and everything else falls into place and is added to you besides. Know that even in a whirlwind of activity, you can be content, calm, and going with the divine flow as you stay in the center, the very eye, of the storm. Great peace have those whose minds are stayed on Me. It is a matter of having your attention in the right place to receive the input you need.
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:11-14.
It is staying, living, abiding, and remaining in the Holy of Holies with Me, My secret place, where all is still and calm in the very center of the outer and inner courts where the hustle and bustle of life are flowing but all is directed and focused on My presence in the center of it all, in the command center of the universe, from which all fruitful activity flows. I see everything, take care of everything, sustain all things, know all, listen to all, direct, correct, connect, and protect all, watch over seedtime and harvest and over each of you as far as your let Me but I am never anything but peace. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without My knowledge and I have every hair on your head counted. I know your hearts and thoughts from afar and I am drawing those to Jesus who have hearts towards Me, that is, towards light, love, and truth, but I am never worried or anxious. And I have given you that peace as well in Jesus. Do not let your hearts be trouble or afraid, I have given you My shalom peace and all authority in Jesus. There is no reason for you to be making things so complicated.
The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:5-7.
Cast your care on Me because I care for you and go forward with joyful singing. I make all things work out together for your good when you do the one thing necessary.
And what is that one thing that adds everything and makes your life days of Heaven on earth? Well, what do you have in Heaven that makes it so wonderful and precious a place?
My abiding presence that you are all experiencing intimately at every moment.
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” Revelation 21:2-4.
Fellowship. We are together forever and you will know Me even as you are known by Me now. I will wipe every tear from your eyes and all will be joy.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12.
You reign with Me free from all fear and evil.
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever. Revelation 22:3-5.
But the good news is if you do the one thing necessary you can have this closeness with Me even now. For eternal life begins for you who believe in Jesus in this life and comes to full glory when you pass over the light line to My Kingdom and it reaches all places when I make all things new and Heaven and earth join in the eternal Kingdom as one.
Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
This is your prophetic prayer that will open the way and the authority for it to come!
What then is the one thing that brings you into a heavenly relationship of eternal life even now? Jesus defined it for all time for all people the night He was betrayed:
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3.
A relationship that I have sought to restore since Adam rejected Me, but not only to restore, but make it better than it was before with Jesus as the mediator that makes you holy, pure, and blameless before Me. Jesus fits your humanity into My divinity and My divinity into your humanity in one seamless life and gives us that oneness that we both seek to be complete.
Now let us return to Martha and Mary where Jesus first revealed this one thing necessary and you who are seeking the one thing will find everything in that one thing.
As Jesus and His disciples were traveling along, He entered Bethany (a village on the eastern slope of Mt. Olivet only about 2 miles from Jerusalem); and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself among the disciples at the feet of Jesus, whom she, Martha, and Lazarus all called Lord and believed to be the Messiah, as Martha would later declare when questioned by Jesus. Mary sat with the disciples listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; she had the disciples and Jesus to show hospitality to and that was a lot for her alone, she began to resent her sister whom she was trying to get to help her in the kitchen but Mary was so caught up in listening to Jesus that she never even noticed. Martha finally was totally stressed and anxious about getting the meal prepared and she came up to Jesus, interrupted Him, and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.” But Jesus your Lord and My beloved Son who I sent as your Teacher, Shepherd, Savior, sin offering, and leader, answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:38-42.
Only one thing was necessary, and that is for all time and all eternity, and that is to hear My Word as a disciple and to grow thereby into a beloved friend in whom I can put My trust, My love, and My plans so we can do them together in oneness of heart.
“This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.” John 15:12-15.
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” John 8:31-32.
A union of honor, love, and respect from the true knowing of one another. When you are in love, what would normally be burdensome becomes sweet just to be together.
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. Genesis 29:20.
Knowing and experiencing My love will take all the stress out of your life. And you will only know it if you spend time with Me. And you can spend that time with Me anywhere and any place you are by entering within your heart and sanctifying Me there.
And do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. 1 Peter 3:14-16.
Martha learned this lesson well and knew Jesus as the resurrection and the life. If you will notice the next time Jesus stayed in Bethany and went out to go into Jerusalem, He was hungry and was looking for figs on that fruitful looking fig tree that turned out not to be fruitful at all. Selah. There is a balance where you can work from rest and rest in work if you are in union with Me because today I am in you by My Holy Spirit that dwells in your spirit so that My wish of dwelling among you is realized in each one of you who know and believe in Me and the one whom I sent, Jesus Christ. He is My gift to you and through Him I give you the gift of the Holy Spirit. You have everything because you have Me, the one thing that causes everything else to prosper.
Seek first the Kingdom and My righteousness and everything will be added to you besides.
I love you. Never get so busy in the outer court that you forget to dwell in the inmost court, the Holy of Holies, with Me. It is available to you 24/7. You can be seated there in the spirit while working upon the earth. And being there will give you more wisdom and accuracy in your work than all your elders for you will have insider information, insider secrets.
The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. Psalm 25:14.