In the last podcast of this year, we're going to take time to simply make space for God to fill.

Whenever we make a little room in our day and in our hearts for God, it always amazes me how we can fill us with exactly what we need.

So today, simply make room for God for whatever you need most,

and allow them to fill that space with this good and perfect nearness.

Welcome to the first of team podcast.

Welcome to the first of team podcast. Our verse for today comes from Psalm 46, verse 10.

Scripture says, be still and know that I am God.

I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.

The story of Mary, Martha, and Jesus, found in Luke 10, encapsulates God's longing for simple, unfettered relationship with his children.

As this year comes to a close,

I pray that this story would set a fire in our hearts

to live out of unhindered union with our Heavenly Father.

I pray that we would seek to continually make space in our lives

for the one thing that truly matters.

Scripture says in Luke 10, 38 through 42.

Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house, and she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened

to his teaching. But Martha

was distracted with much serving, and she went up to him and said, Lord, do you not care that

my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me. But the Lord answered her,

Martha, Martha, you were 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.

I want my life to be centered around the good portion. I want all my days to be marked by choosing to sit at the feet of Jesus, rather than living a life based solely on works. At the end of my life, I want to look back and know that I sought relationship with my God above all else, and that I gave in my heart in and out of every season,

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