Beware of the Sea of Good Works

Sometimes I find myself walking down an unfamiliar pathway.  I know that I have not stepped off of the original path but here I am looking at terrain that is different.  Trees are of a different variety, flowers are those that I have not yet observed.  My center of orientation is slightly off and for several moments I feel a bit lost.  Where am I exactly?  I don't recognize this place.  I notice the people about me are kind and loving.  They are talking about service, giving and sharing.  They arrive at the building we worship in each and every Sunday faithfully.  They freely contribute.  They are well educated and committed to God's work.  Yet something is different.  I am unsure of what it might be then I begin to realize what the differences are.  They have arrived at a point in the journey in which they must chose if they are here to continue seeking God or to just do good works and think that that will ensure their place in Heaven.  I look about at the sea of good works.  I am at its edge and it would be so easy to just jump in and join every group, meet for prayer occasionally and certainly give to whatever I am asked to give, but is this what I want from my relationship with God?
I guess I am more like Mary.  I want to sit at the feet of Jesus and hear Him talk.  I want to know everything about Him.  I am a determined follower of Him.  I met Him the first time when I was five years old.  I am now sixty-three. I have been on this journey more than fifty eight years.  I am not ready to give up on knowing Him completely.  I see Martha rushing about the house preparing the meal, taking care of the guests but somehow I know Mary has the better part.  She loves this wonderful teacher who is transforming her life and that is all she wants.Some may say well Mary should do her part.  I have no idea how many people are in that house but wouldn't it be a revolutionary idea if each person did something, just one thing, then everyone could sit at the Master's feet.  How can we possibly pass up an opportunity like that and yet each day that we are just busy we may well be missing the most important part.  I know that there are things that must be done.  Why is it that only a small group of people do all of the work?  After the church was formed we read in the book of Acts that "All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions his own and they shared everything they had."  God the Father demonstrated the first act of real love when He willingly gave His most precious possession, His Son.  God the Son followed suite when He willingly gave His life for each of us. That is sharing and that is the Real Truth.

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