MARTHA’S ACTIVITIES FOR JESUS AND MARY’S ATTENTION ON JESUS

MARTHA’S ACTIVITIES FOR JESUS AND MARY’S ATTENTION ON JESUS

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by distractions in your spiritual life? Watch and listen as I discuss the importance of focusing on what truly matters according to Jesus, inspired by the story of Martha and Mary.

"Jesus is open, Jesus is willing, Jesus is available, but it's up to you to decide if you want Jesus or not."

Chapter Markers
- 0:00 Opening Prayer For Speed And Activation
- 4:56 Faith To Host God’s Presence
- 8:36 Mary And Martha: The Text
- 11:30 Public Versus Personal Ministry
- 16:20 Invitation, Faith, And Access To Jesus
- 21:05 Seeing Versus Seizing Opportunity
- 26:40 Hosting Jesus In Your House And Life
- 31:20 Spiritual Sensitivity Over Distraction
36:40 Sitting At Jesus’ Feet: Posture And Focus
- 41:45 Competing Voices And Guarding Attention

Chapters

• 0:00 Opening Prayer For Speed And Activation
• 4:56 Faith To Host God’s Presence
• 8:36 Mary And Martha: The Text
• 11:30 Public Versus Personal Ministry
• 16:20 Invitation, Faith, And Access To Jesus
• 21:05 Seeing Versus Seizing Opportunity
• 26:40 Hosting Jesus In Your House And Life
• 31:20 Spiritual Sensitivity Over Distraction
• 36:40 Sitting At Jesus’ Feet: Posture And Focus
• 41:45 Competing Voices And Guarding Attention

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:00

Beautiful one, I love. Beautiful one, my soul desire. Beautiful one, we have come to you. My love, my all, our God, our savior, our redeemer, our master, our father. Here we are, your people. We have come to lift up your name. We have come for you to speed up our life. We have come for you to activate, oh God, your plan and purpose for our lives. Lord, we have come this night for speed, oh God. We have come this night for activation in the mighty name of Jesus. Whatever that is all in us back as a church, whatever that is holding us back as individuals, oh God, every delay, every rejection, every denial, oh God, we rebuke in the mighty name of Jesus. Lord, you have given us a word of speed. You have given us a word of activation, oh God, that God, whatever it is that you propose in heaven, oh God, shall come to pass, shall stand in this church in the mighty name of Jesus. Father, we ask for your presence to be in this place. We ask for your Holy Spirit to come and teach us. We ask for your Holy Spirit to speak in us, to speak through us, O God. We ask for your Holy Spirit to reveal divine mysteries. We ask for your Holy Spirit to reveal truth that will set our hearts and our minds free in the mighty name of Jesus. Take away every tiredness, take away every one wandering mind and spirit, oh God. Take away every distraction, ever in the Father. Lord, we have come to sit at your feet to hear you speak your living word. We have come to sit at your feet to hear you speak the sword of the Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus. Lord, I ask that God you will increase yourself in this house. Lord, I ask that God you will glorify yourself in this house. God, I ask that God, you will speak to your people, oh God. I don't have nothing to say, oh God. Use this mouth to speak to the heart of your people. Use this mouth, oh God, to encourage your people. Use this mouth, oh God, to lift up those who were downcast in the mighty name of Jesus, oh God. God, God, refresh your people, oh God, re-energize us, everenly Father, oh God. Lord that God, we shall wait upon you. We shall mount like eagles in the mighty name of Jesus, heavenly Father. You will strengthen us, you will strengthen our feet, you will strengthen, oh God, our hands, oh God, in the mighty name of Jesus, that God we shall fly into our destinies in the name of Jesus, oh God. That God we shall fulfill, oh God, as we enter, as we prepare for 2026, heavenly father. We go in this mindset of exploration. We go in this mindset of activation. We go in this mindset with intentions, heaven of Father. We go with this mindset of progress, oh God. We go with this mindset of multiplication in the mighty name of Jesus. We go in this mindset of faith that can move mountains in the mighty name of Jesus. That God, we are not small, oh God, we are not limited, oh God, in the mighty name of Jesus. We have faith that can move mountain in this church, heaven fall. We are moving mountain in east of God. We are moving mountain in GTA, oh God might be. We are moving mountains, we are moving all demonic artists around this church, oh God. We are moving witchcraft spirit in the mighty name of Jesus. We are pulling down strongholds in the power of God Almighty, oh God. We are binding up principalities, heavenly father, and powers in heavenly places in the name of Jesus. That God shall burn glory in this church, we shall burn vision in this church, we shall burn salvation in this church, we shall burn deliverance in this in this church. God will take no know from answer, oh God. The Bible says, Behold, I will do a new thing, and it shall spring forth. Shall you not know it? I am God, I can cause roads in the wilderness and rivers in the deserts. Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will help you and I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. We thank you, Father. We thank you, glorious one. In Jesus' precious name we have prayed. Amen. Amen. Luke chapter 10. We're all familiar with the story Mary and Martha. But there's something about this story that I want to throw some light into as the Spirit of God leads. Luke chapter 10, verses 38 to 42. I'll read it and then I will I'll break it down step by step. I want us to focus on this, pay attention because there's some nuggets inside that the Lord wants to reveal to you and I. It says in Luke chapter 10 from verse 38 Now it happened as the wind that he entered a certain village, and a certain woman named Matha welcomed him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word. And she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore, tell her to help me. And Jesus answered and said to her, Mata, Mata, you are worried and troubled about many things, but one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good path who should not be taken away from it. Amen. When you look at the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is very personal and relational in his ministry. He had the multitude and he also had one-on-one ministry. Sometimes when we think about ministry, we think that ministry is you having a building, a church structure, and with people gathered around like we are right now. That's that's yes, that's one aspect of ministry. Sometimes we refer to as the public ministry. But ministry also entails a personal ministry, meaning that where you spend one-on-one with people, it could be a family meeting, it could be God using you to speak to an individual, it could be God placing you in a specific setting, it could be like in a business workplace, or it could be you speaking to governors, you speaking to prime ministers, because when you look at the prophets in the Old Testament, God used them to speak to kings. So ministry is not just about the public aspect, but also entails one-on-one personal. Because I believe that when you have one-on-one personal ministry with people, it's it's so effective. People can actually get the result that they need, and we see that in the life of Jesus. How he was able to balance public ministry and personal ministry, public in a sense of having the multitude. Most times he will be at the sea, he will sit on the boat, and then he will speak to a large number of people. Sometimes individuals will come to Jesus for their specific needs. Sometimes they will come to Jesus with their problems, saying, Master, please come to my house, my child is dead. Oh, Master, please come to my house, my my mom is sick. And Jesus will make time to come and resolve the issues of these people in the midst of the multitude. So, how was Jesus able to balance public ministry and personal ministry? So, in this account, this was an invitation of Matta, not Mary, Mata was the one who invited Jesus to come over. I want you guys to pay attention to this. Mata initiated this invitation for Jesus to come over. Jesus did not decline such an invitation because Jesus is all about one-on-one ministry, all about family ministry, all about public ministry. So I know we have this idea that oh, God has called me into ministry, and the only way you feel like God has called you into ministry is when you have a big church, when you have a large number of people. What if you don't have a large number of people? Can God use you to speak to that one person? Can God use you to share the gospel to that one person that needs salvation? I know we emphasize on the quantity. I know we we sometimes will look at the numbers, but that one soul is precious in the sight of God that is saved. But do you know that in the midst of the multitude, few people were able to touch the heart of Jesus? And we learned that in our Bible study in Mark chapter 5. In the midst of the multitude, what activated Jesus to have a personal time with the two individuals was as a result of faith. So faith is that currency, faith is that invitation that God, I believe in you. Come into my life. I present you into my situation. God, your welcome in all power ministry. If we believe, if we if we exercise faith in Jesus, it attracts his presence, it attracts its power. We can still be in church and nothing will happen. Jesus was among the multitude, and then he was asking, power left me. Who touched me? And then and then Peter said, Well, Jesus, you have so many people touching you. No, Jesus said, No, there's a special touch. So why am I laying this emphasis that it's up to you? Jesus is open, Jesus is willing, Jesus is available, but it's up to you to decide if you want Jesus or not. Remember, we learned on the next Wednesday when Jesus Christ healed this demonic possessed man in the city. But guess what? The people said that Jesus should leave. They said, Jesus, leave us. Jesus did not impose himself upon them. Jesus did not say what I'm going to stay. So it's up to us to decide if we want Jesus in this church. Kick Jesus out, and Jesus is not going to impose himself here. If we create space for him, he will come in. He will come and abide with us. If he's knocking, he will come and stay in our house. When he comes and stays in your house, are you ready to host Jesus? Or are you going to be preoccupied, so busy, and then you're going to miss that opportunity. At times we miss the move of God. That's why when we come to church, we have to be spiritually sensitive. Your focus should not be on nobody else. Your focus should be on Jesus because you don't know when it's your time. You don't know when God is speaking to you. Don't ever predict when God is moving for you. Don't ever try to detect or determine when God is gonna move. Just have an expected moment, an expectation, anticipation that anytime I'm in this church, anytime I come to church, anytime I'm here, God can do anything. Expect something from God. Amen. So Mata was the one that welcomed Jesus. When Jesus entered a certain village, he came to the village. When he came to that village, I believe that's where Martha's village is. That's where Martha is located. Most times Jesus will go to places, people will seize the opportunity. Sometimes Jesus will be the one to come to you. Sometimes you have to come to Jesus. There's two ways. Jesus will come to people because of compassion. Like he will come, he will come to people because they they are not capable. They are not able to come to him.

unknown: 12:48

Wow.

SPEAKER_00: 12:51

Some of us, we really want to come to Jesus, but we're not able to come to Jesus. Look at the friends of the man that was paralyzed. This man that was paralyzed is not physically capable to come to Jesus. Sometimes we need people in our lives that will introduce us to Jesus. We need people in our lives that will push us towards Jesus. Do you have such people in your life? Do we have such people in our lives? We read in the same account in our Bible study. When um Jarus trust in Jesus and then people from his house, you know what? Don't disturb the master. Your daughter is dead. You know what Jesus said? Jesus said, Don't be afraid, only believe. Sometimes we need those good voices. So Jesus arrived in a certain village. Mary, no matter, did something. So there's there's a few things that Matha did, but there was one mistake that she did. She's she's okay. So we have oh boy. We have that's why this is not just a story. There's there's an instant I'm trying to throw out right now. Matter did the right thing to seize the opportunity of Jesus entering into a certain village. And if you look at the Bible, that word Saturn at times, especially the book, the Gospel of Mark, Saturn, it means specific on a mission. It could be a certain man, a certain place, a certain time, meaning that God has divinely orchestrated that moment. Let's read the Bible and look at certain words. Jesus came to a certain village for a certain opportunity. And Martha was able to see and seize the opportunity. That's the difference. You can see an opportunity, but can you seize the opportunity? Most of us we see the opportunity in upper room ministry, but some of us are not able to seize the opportunity. We can see the grace of God upon our pastor. But some of us who are not able to tap or benefit from that grace because we don't know how to go about it. Yes, you can see, but can you seize? What does it profit you for you to see, but you're not able to seize? To seize means to capture, to seize means to use, to seize me to make use of. When it came to this certain village, look, a certain village and a certain woman. Repetition, Bible students, a certain village and a certain woman, a certain place and a certain person. It didn't say Mary.

unknown: 16:01

Oh God.

SPEAKER_00: 16:01

It didn't say Mary. Matter initiated this. It didn't say Mary. A certain woman. A specific woman. Name Mata. And there is a name given to this woman to personalize it. Name Mata welcome him into a house. The house belongs to Matter. He welcomed Jesus. Jesus didn't initiate to go and visit matter. No. Jesus just came to a certain place awaiting what God is going to do for the next moment. The Bible said God is in heaven. Looking down to see who's sick. Welcome Jesus in your house. No. Your house is pretty much not just your place. Your house is your space. Your personal space. Your private space. Where everything that you possess stays. So your house is so private, it's so personal that not everybody should come into your house. Into your space. When people come into your house, they're going to influence your house. Either positively or negatively. They're going to add value to your children. If you're going to give them the opportunity to speak to your children, or to speak to you in your own house. You decide who do you bring in your own house? Mata decided who to bring in her own house. She brought somebody of substance into our own house. Because Jesus came to a certain village, and he is that Saturn man with a certain on a certain mission. Who do you bring in your home? Who do you bring in your house to speak to you, to minister to you? We don't just bring anybody randomly off the street. Mata didn't just bring somebody randomly off the street. She should have brought the Pharisee, another rabbi, another prophet. Hey, come to my house. Let's have a drink. Let's have some matoke. No. She valued Jesus. She honored Jesus. Because when you have a guest, what would you do? You would do everything to honor that that guest, to make sure that guest is satisfied. When God visited Abraham in a human form, and two other angels were with God. Abraham was able to see and seize that opportunity. And as a result, Abraham able to see that this is not just an ordinary visitation. Oh Abraham sees that opportunity and prepares some meal. Welcome to his guest. And God Jesus in the Old Testament was among them. God wants to visit. Our church. God wants to visit your home, but are you prepared to host God? Is your house put in order to host the King of Glory? Do you have what it takes? When God comes in a human flesh, He's expecting to eat physical food. And that's exactly what Abraham did. And that's exactly what matter is doing. Look what it says. She welcome. She received Jesus. She said, Jesus, welcome home. And now the introduction of her sister. So Mary didn't plan this. Oh God. Mary, let's be wise. Let's be wise and learn something from Matter and also learn something from Mary. Because in this life, life is not fair. There can be transfer of grace. There can be transfer of opportunities. Oh God. There can be transfer. The kingdom of God suffer violent, but the violent take it by force. Now it's up to you to decide. There are those that will start, but there are those that will not end. It's up to you you decide. There are those that will start, and there are those that will not end well. There are those that will come in the middle and take what you have started and eat from where you have walked. You decide. Are you going to be faithful? What you have started till the very end? Because distractions are going to come in the way. Are you going to be spiritually sensitive not to miss every move of God, every opportunity of God? Spiritual sensitivity, spiritual discernment to discern the time. Now, you may say, okay, we're in opera ministry, people have left, we're small in numbers. But if you're wise and spiritually discerning and sensitive, you will conclude on this church. But if you know that God has an agenda or God revealed to you in a dream, God is it. Sometimes God will show you something positive. In reality, you will see the opposite. It's up to you now to choose what you saw in your dream or what was revealed to you by God, by the word of God, by prophecy, and what you're seeing right now, they contradict each other. But now you choose what you're going to believe. Whose report are you going to believe? Are you going to believe what God has shown you? Or are you going to believe your circumstances, your current circumstances? Are we going to believe what we're seeing right now? Or are we going to believe what God has spoken? A night of excludation and activation. Is that what we're going to believe? And 39. And she had a sister called Mary. Okay. Jesus came in. Matter, welcome, Jesus. Mary saw this opportunity. Wow. In this life, what you see will determine how far you will. What you see will determine. God asks Abraham, what do you see? What do you see? What do you see? What do you see in this church? What do you see in our pastor? What do I see in Minister Winnie? What do I see in Brother Nathan? What do we see in each other? Do we see each other as oh Bambi, he's just from Uganda or he's just from Syria? Or do we see each other that Nathan is a worship leader, a global, international worship leader? When he opens his mouth, the move of God. Do we see Winnie when she comes here and pray? Deliverance takes place. What do we see? Mary is very smart. She did not initiate inviting Jesus over. It was matter. So the Bible says when she seized the opportunity, she took action. She said, She sat. This was no time to talk. When Jesus is talking, don't talk. When you are in the presence of God, just listen, just abide, just be quiet. She sat. He didn't say she stood. She walked around. Or she was engaged in other activities. Or she was talking. She sat. Like you guys are sitting. One person is speaking, that is me. That's exactly. She sat. When you're sitting down, your focus is on the man of God. When you're sitting down, you are attentive. When you're sitting down, you don't allow yourself to be distracted by anything else. The Bible says she sat where at the feet of Jesus. When you sit at somebody's feet, it shows humility. It shows honor. Mary exercises humility and honor to sit at the feet of Jesus. I'm pretty sure she was like this. And Jesus was sitting down, I believe. A son of humility and honor. I'm just gonna be I'm just gonna sit down and be quiet and just allow you, Jesus, to speak into my life. Okay, to speak the words of life, to speak the words that will open my destiny. Because you are the life and the resurrection, you are the bread of life, you are the fountain of life. And man does not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. She sat at the feet of Jesus. Now who do we sit down in front? Who do you listen to? Who do you give your undivided focal attention in church or outside of church? Who do you give so much respect and honor for you just to stay quiet and stay put and just allow that person to influence you? Some of us we sit down and tick tock. I will confess my sins. The devil is a liar, I'll speak the truth and put the devil to shame. I have this bad habit. Muslimai need to pray for me so I can pray more. Wake up every morning, my head will be confused. I'll go on my phone, I'll go on X. God was telling me, We have done this multiple times. You will just wake up. It wasn't like this. I'll wake up straight, get off my bed, on my knees, start praying. But now I'll be on my bed, comfortable, wrapped with comfort. My phone is close to me. Gone, X. Listen to what garbage. I sat at the feet of social media first thing in the morning when I should be sitting, kneeling in the front of my creator. I've caught myself doing this multiple times, and I did that today, and it's not good. Eventually, I was not able to pray because I gave my attention to something that will not profit me. In our generation, we sit at the feet of TikTok, X and I, I know, speak the truth. Snapchat. And we don't engage with them, we don't participate, we are spectators. We just sit down and allow an influencer to say rubbish about any topic that you're not qualified to talk about. That is part of sitting down at the feet of somebody to influence you. Who do you sit down? Who do you give the authority to speak into your life? Jesus didn't force himself on Mary. Wow, he didn't. He didn't, he didn't. I believe Jesus was speaking, trying to see if whoever is available, sit and hear him speak. Mary saw the opportunity and took it, but she was not the one that initiated this visitation. That's the sad thing about matter. Martha, you did the right thing. You you you you welcomed Jesus, and Jesus said, Yes, I am coming to your house. Sometimes in life, when you are in the right place, when you are in the right place, make sure you utilize any moments, be on the lookout, anything, especially when you're in the right place, like right now. We are in the right place, we're in church. Be on the lookout, because anything can happen. I'm pretty sure Mary would have said, you know what? Let me go about my business. Wow, you don't know why you're here today. Life is not a coincidence. I've realized that everyone that comes into your life, every situation that you go through in this life is planned by God. You don't know why you're here this night. You don't know why you're in this church with this set of people. You don't know. Ask yourself, God, why am I in the life of Pastor Edith? Why am I surrounding myself with Nathan? Why am I interacting with Sister Winnie? Why these people, why am I in the Ugandan community? Why am I in Canada in the first place? Have you asked yourself? Why are you in Canada? Always ask God, God, why am I here? What why are you making me do this? Why am I in this church? Why am I in the media? Amen. Jesus' feet and heard his word. So two things that she was engaged. She sat down and she was hearing. Sometimes we can sit in church but we're not paying attention. We can sit in church but we're not paying attention. And then Oh, I feel sorry for Matha. But matter was the issue with matter was distraction. And distraction comes in many shapes and forms. But matter was distracted with so much service. She was trying to do the right thing. It's good to serve, but it was not at the right time. You can do good, but not at the right time. There's a difference between good and right. Serving Jesus is good, but it was not at the right time. Serving Jesus is good, but not at the right time. The right time is that Jesus is speaking. When Jesus is speaking, the King of glory is speaking, is on a mission. He's not going to spend the whole day in this house. Because you only have three three years. He's on a mission. So if you have the opportunity for Jesus to see you today, oh my God, utilize that time. We are closer to the end. Young people, we are closer to the end of the world. Jesus is coming very soon. You might think you have the entire day to live your life. Live it now. With so much savvy, not just one, so many things. And she was, and then she approached him and said, You see, people who are not going anywhere in life, or people who are confused will try to confuse others. People who are distracted will try to distract you. This is where matter was trying to intrude in Mary. But you know, you know how God, what Jesus did? Jesus interfered. Jesus intervened because he knew Martha was trying to influence Jesus to get Mary do the same thing that she was doing. Ah, child of God. We, I can be a distraction to you with me. You can be a distraction to me, Nathan. And do you know how we're just we're distracting each other? We spiritualize it. They said, You know what? Don't bother Jesus. Your daughter is dead. You know what Jesus said? He said, Don't fear, just believe. Jesus Christ protected the faith of Jairus. Jesus Christ is also protecting the faith of Mary. Because he knew that matter was trying to speak. You know, you cannot speak, you cannot, you cannot go and convince God to do something stupid. You can convince me to take me away from God's cause, but you cannot convince God for God to take you away his cause to take you away. His unplanned purpose for your life. You cannot manipulate me, but you cannot manipulate God. I was trying to manipulate Jesus so that Mary can do likewise. But Jesus stood for Mary, He stood for Mary. So Jesus can actually pick and choose between you and I. If you're on the right path, he will choose those who are on the right path. If you're on the wrong path, he will leave you. It's just how it is. You see, he was trying to. Oh my god. He said, Lord, okay, he's your Lord. Why won't you sit at his feet? Do you not care that my sister, you see how manipulative that is? He said, Lord, you don't care. She's complaining. God, it doesn't bother you. I welcome you in this house. He said, God will bring people in this church, the Chinese, the Indians, who will partake of the blessings that you and I will have been praying for every night. If we're not serious. And then when we tapped into the grace of the one of God, when they will come and I came to this church, this is what happened to me. I was so sick, but the healing anointed in this church healed me. And you who have been in here for how many years, that God, you never heal me. Look, that's not fear. That's what we call those old Christians who disrespect the grace. They're just religious Christians. No move of God. He said, Don't do you not care that my sister has left me to serve the Lord. What she was trying to do, get Mary to be like her, to do like her. And I'm telling you, in church, in church, there are people who don't take God seriously at all. Church is not full of perfect people. There are people that will actually come to this church for one intent, for one mission, for one aim to distract you. I've seen that. I'm telling you, it's real. Oh, Satan comes to church. I'm telling you, Satan comes to church, and this is a church setting. He said, Jesus, talk to my sister. Let her come join me. Therefore, tell her to help me.

unknown: 37:27

Wow.

SPEAKER_00: 37:29

What do I like about Mary? Mary has made up her mind. I'm pretty sure the reason why Mata could not confront Mary because she saw that Mary was paying attention. Mary was concentrating. Mary was intentional. Mary was focused. That is why she could not address Mary directly. Sometimes Satan will not be able to get you, but he will use people close to you to get you. And those that are close to you, make sure you rebuke them like Jesus Christ rebuke Peter. You have to rebuke them. And Jesus, and Jesus answered and said to her. Now, this is Jesus' response to Mary, to Tomata. Not to Mary, Tomata. He defended Mary Tomata. He called her twice. You need to pay attention. I know you need to pay attention. You need to focus. You need to be spiritually sensitive. You are all into all this physical stuff. What she was doing was just physical. But this was not a physical visitation. This was not a physical visitation. This was not about feeding Jesus. He wasn't hungry. If Jesus was hungry, God, if Jesus was hungry, he can make bread. He will tell God, you know what, matter, let me eat first. Let me eat first, matter. But Jesus came with a with an intention, with a mission to preach the gospel, to speak to them. That look what he said. He said he said that that and heard his word. That was his plan to speak to both of them. He didn't say matter, feed me first, and then I will speak. No, it's on a mission. He said, Mata, matter. You are worried and troubled about many things. Matter role in the house is a reflection of our life. See how Jesus is going deeper into matter's life? Mata, I know one thing about you. You're occupied with so many things. Not just housework. Your life is full of your life is occupied with so many things. Matter struggle with two things anxiety and trouble. About not just Few things, many things. That's what distraction is. Work, family, church, uh, Uganda community events, uh, fashion show, social media. You are distracted with so many things. At times, how do you back to all of them? How do you prioritize which one is important? Well, guess what? Sometimes we prioritize the church, we put the church in the in the D list, not even the A-list, not even the C list, the D list. Our workplace occupies the A-least. Jesus said, Mata, matter, you are worried. It's a reflection of who you are. You are so worried when Jesus said, Be anxious for nothing. He said you are troubled about so many things. Jesus was able to speak facts into matters. I said, Mata, this is your problem. Don't take it on Mary. Sometimes people in church will take their problems on you, thinking that you were the problem, but they are the problem. But they are the problem. Mary is not the problem. Matter matter, you are the problem. You are your own problem. You are troubled, you are worried about many things, so many things in your life. You are confused, you don't know how to prioritize. Well, we are indecisive, indecisive. We have so many things. Like right now, I have to go turn on the camera and then preach at the same time. You see, but look what Jesus said. But one thing is needed, so Jesus is not neglecting our outly responsibility. You remember when he says, seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. And then what he said, because sometimes we Christians we can quote that, no what? Oh, just focus on church. Okay, serve in church, and then you're broke. You don't know you can't pay your rents. No, no, there's a place for everything in life. Okay, God is saying that put me on the A list, put me on the A list, and then other things will be on the B list. Just make me first, that's all, right? So Jesus is saying that one thing is needed. So Jesus is not saying that the only thing that matter you should do is just to sit at my word, is just to listen to gospel messages the entire day. No, you have responsibilities. You have to go to school, you have to go to work, you have to look after your children. God understands. Okay, so but Jesus is just emphasizing that there's one important thing that you should prioritize above all else. One thing is needed, that one thing that is so essential. And guess who has chosen it? Mary, not you. Guess who has chosen that one thing? You invited this one thing in the house, but you do not seize this one thing.

unknown: 42:47

Ah God.

SPEAKER_00: 42:49

Ha! You welcome this one thing in your life, but you do not seize, you do not make use of this one thing. Whereas other people, I'm telling you, there are people that will come in this church that will see the grace, the greatness, and the glory of God in this church that will baffle your mind. I've already seen where this church is going in my dream. This is not what it is. You have to be spiritually sensitive to see what God is doing. Sometimes for God to make something beautiful, sometimes God has to rough out the patches. Like a diamond is always beneath. You have to polish that diamond, you have to you have to make sure that that diamond goes through some um um refinery, and then you see the beauty of that diamond. So we as a church, we're going through something, we're going through challenges, but God is gonna strengthen us, God is gonna establish us, and God is gonna settle us. It's a process, amen. So finally, Jesus said to Mata, said Mata, one thing is needed, and your sister Mary has chosen that good path. That good path, and this one thing that is needed is also good. It is good to sit at the feet of Jesus, it is good to read your Bible, it is good to study the Bible, it is good to listen to sermon messages, it's a good thing to do that because the word of God influences your life, influences your mind, it shapes your heart. And look at the promise to Mary, which will not be taken away from her, not even you, even when I'm gone, you won't write because I am the author and the finisher of her faith. So no woman can snatch you and I away from Jesus. If our focus and our eyes on Jesus, no man, no witch, no brother, no sister, no auntie, no uncle, no grandpa, no juju man, no pastor, no prime minister, no, no, no government, no, no, anybody, nothing can separate the love that God has for you. That's the promise that God that Jesus made to Mary. Now you cannot take that away from her, Mata. I know you're trying to influence me to tell Mary to come join you. No, it's not gonna happen. She has chosen that one good path, and nothing and nobody can take that away from her. Amen.