From Panic to Praise

As I was mopping the floor a few weeks ago, I noticed so much that needed to be cleaned. I saw the dirty baseboards, the blinds that were so dusty you could write your name on them, candle wax that was still on the table and floor where it was spilled the previous week. I said out loud, “I wished for just one season I could have it all together!” Then the thought hit me that if I had it all together, I probably would think that I didn’t need God. So I thanked Him for not allowing me to have it all together. Because I honestly don’t know what I would do without Him! I’d be so empty. But because I don’t have it all together and after I thanked Him for just that, I looked around and noticed that yes, the baseboards were dirty, and yes, that wax was still there, and yes, the blinds have dust on them, but this time I thank Him. Because instead of exhausting myself with all those things, I had exhausted myself with what mattered the most. Spending time in His presence more, spending time laughing and playing with my grandbabies, and spending quality time talking life over with my husband. So I concluded that those things would get done in time, but today I chose to praise Him instead of panicking over things left undone.
It reminded me of the passage in Luke 10, where Martha was so busy serving, and she asked the Lord if he didn’t care that her sister left her to serve alone. But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
There’s nothing more satan enjoys than to make us look at things out of perception. If he can do that, then we have allowed ourselves to take our eyes off the One that matters the most.
Thank you, Lord, for the reminder today. May sitting in Your presence be the most important thing done in my home today!