As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

–Luke 10:38-42 (TNIV)

We are a scattered people, aren’t we, and today’s world of instant communication, Twitter, Facebook, et al., tends to make us even more scattered. We can’t seem to stop and catch our breath, let alone take some time each day for prayer and Bible study. Martha would have understood. But our Lord reminds her to keep the Main Thing the Main Thing. To do that, Martha had to make time to do so and be intentional about it. So do we.

What in your life leaves you scattered? What are you doing to keep the Main Thing the Main Thing?