This One Thing is Necessary!

Psalm 27

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, April 12.

One of the greatest disciplines a person can learn is to prioritize the important over the urgent – to remain focused on what matters most. Do you know the difference between what is urgent and what is important? An easy example of this is lived out every morning of your life. Do you choose to pray, and read your Bible, before you check your emails, scan the social media feeds, or search the news headlines? How do you guard your heart and mind from all that has been designed to capture your attention?

David learned how to prioritize the important over the urgent. He petitioned God accordingly in Psalm 27:4, “One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.” This is not only something David asked of God, but as we learn in verse 8, it was what God asked of him, “When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.’”

This was a lesson two sisters had to learn from an encounter with Jesus. After welcoming Jesus into their home, Martha scurried about to make sure everything was just right; she was the ideal hostess. Mary was the opposite; she sat at Jesus’ feet and listened to His teachings. Martha grew impatient with her sister, so she sought support from Jesus; surprisingly, He responded in Luke 10:41-42, “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.”

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 27, meditating upon the one thing that is necessary – “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33a).

God bless you!

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