Tuesday, 16th June 2026

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: BUSYNESS IS NOT OBEDIENCE

THEME SCRIPTURE: “Martha, Martha… you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one.”—Luke 10:41–42

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PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

1. Could it be that your activity for God is distracting you from actually being with God?

Martha was not doing something sinful. She was serving. She was busy with legitimate tasks. She was doing “ministry work.” And yet Jesus corrected her. That should unsettle anyone who assumes activity equals approval.

You can be occupied with good things and still miss the best thing. You can be exhausted in service and still be distant in spirit. You can be surrounded by spiritual activity and still lack spiritual intimacy.

Busy does not mean obedient. Even the devil is a very busy enemy.

In fact, busyness is often one of the most socially acceptable ways to avoid God. It feels responsible. It looks productive. It earns recognition. But it can quietly replace presence with performance. But Mary chose presence over pressure. Martha chose pressure over presence.

This exposes something uncomfortable: not everything you are doing for God is actually what God asked for. Some of it is self-driven urgency. Some of it is people-pleasing. Some of it is identity-building. Some of it is avoidance— because stillness forces honesty.

Stillness reveals what busyness hides.

And when your life is constantly full, you never get to confront your heart. You can stay active while remaining unexamined. You can keep moving and never actually change. But God is not impressed by exhaustion. He is after alignment.

Many people substitute spiritual motion for spiritual maturity. They think more output means more obedience. But the real question is: Did God ask for this, or did you just assume it? Even ministry can become noise if it replaces communion. And that same danger still exists today: *a life full of spiritual noise but empty of spiritual focus.

Key Takeaway

You do not need more activity. You need alignment. And sometimes that requires stopping what is unnecessary so you can return to what is essential.

Precious one, today stop and reflect: “Am I too busy for the things of God or intimate with God?” “Do I spend time with God more than I run around with church activities?”

Jesus did not rebuke Martha for serving. He rebuked her for anxiety, distraction, and misplaced priority. She was doing many things—but missing the one thing that actually mattered most—siting in His presence. From today experience a shift in your relationship and intimacy with God.

Remain blessed.

 

FURTHER READING: Mark 1:35–37; Ecclesiastes 4:6; Psalm 46:10; Colossians 3:2–3

 

Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.

 

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD

1. Am I confusing activity with obedience?

2. What distractions are crowding out my time with God?

3. What am I doing that God never actually asked of me?

4. When was the last time I was still before God without rushing?

 

PRAYER

Lord, expose every way I have substituted busyness for intimacy with You. Remove anxiety-driven activity and misplaced priorities from my life. Teach me to value Your presence above productivity. I refuse to live distracted while calling it service. Bring me back to what truly matters: sitting at Your feet and obeying Your voice. Amen.

 

One-Year Reading Plan

Ecclesiastes 4, Psalm 139