Saluki downtime October 21, 2024

Saluki downtime October 21, 2024

Mind - Body - Heart

Have you ever been in a conversation and been so serious about what you were talking about that when you got done, the other person said, "Huh?"

How frustrating is that?

What about when you need someone to talk to, and they agree, but when you talk to them, they are on their phone the whole time?

How frustrating is that?

What about when you are serving and someone complains the whole time, or at that event, the person can't stop talking about their ex?

What's not there? Why do we do this?

Mary and Martha

John’s Gospel tells us that Jesus “loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus” (John 11:5).

 Luke 10:38-42

38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She approached him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work alone? Tell her to help me!”

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better and will not be taken away from her.”

Verse 39 - What did Mary do?

Verse 40 - What was wrong with Martha?

1. Distracted.

2. Working too much.

3. Busy

4. Worry

5. Anxiety

How did Martha react to what Mary was doing?

Verse 41 - How did Jesus respond?

Verse 42 - How many things did Jesus say were needed now?

Mary had her body, mind, and heart in the same place at the same time. She was doing exactly what she was supposed to be doing.

Was Mary being lazy? No. She was doing what was most important.

I want to tell you about a decade of my life that I don't remember much. Between the years 18 and nearly 30, I never could get my mind, body, and heart in the same place at the same time.

I went on about 15 mission trips during this period, and my memory of these things is small. Why? I was thinking about work while I was there, or I was thinking about a girl on the trip or even back home.

I had 5 years of marriage during this time without kids. I have very little memory of those 5 years. Why? Because I was working 100 hours a week to try to make my company work. So many times, my heart and body were there, but my mind was on what I was missing at work or what my next day would look like.

The first 5 years of coopers life and the first 3 of callies life are hard to remember. Why? It wasn't because I didn't care but because I did. I couldn't get my body to be where it needed to be. I couldn't get my mind to focus on being a dad when it needed to be because I struggled with work and being a husband. Plus, church life played a part in this as well.

I was busy, and I had sin in my life. For these reasons, I could not combine the three to be who I was called to be.

When I was 30 years old, I reset my priorities.

Tell the story of Callie and Cooper being home by 9.

My financial journey. Debt-free in 6 years. About 400k in debt and another 100 in cash purchases. 

My sin life. As you mature, you should become more like Christ and sin less. 

Now, my memory of small things is great. I remember taking Vashti lunch a few months ago and mostly talking about myself. I remember taking Macey and Riley's nasty green-looking Starbucks several weeks ago. I remember taking Shane to breakfast more than once. I remember taking Leah and Trinity to Quatros and trying to out-eat Leah. I remember conversations at practice and running into people in the weight and training rooms. I remember the little things. I remember going to pumpkin patches with my too old of kids last year. I remember Callie’s play I attended on a Friday. Jakiah and Macey were there too. I remember Cooper's talent show at school because I got to choose to go. 

Mary and Martha

Martha's heart and body were in the right place, but her mind wasn't. Why wasn't her mind in the right place? She was too busy.

Mary - all three in the same place at the same time. Her body was there. Her mind was there. And her heart was in the right place at the right time.

Mind, body, and heart -

All three at the same place at the same time

Do you most identify with Martha or Mary?

What tends to distract and pull you away from Jesus? What is the result when you are distracted by a lot of serving?

How is “sitting at Jesus’s feet” viewed by the culture and world around us? How about by the Church?

What surprised you in this Bible study session?

What do you hear the Spirit saying to you?

Colossians 3:2

2 Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.