Jojo Agot's Blog

After Judas died, the story of the world simply moved forward. Someone took his place, Acts 2 got written, the church flourished. His memory is only remembered for his betrayal.

How do you make sense of that kind of life??

He saw the Master face to face and heard Him preach the most wonderful messages in the history of mankind. He beheld His glory, saw Him miraculously feed the five thousand and raised Lazarus from the dead. He was in a place where millions of people could only imagine.

Yet his heart was never truly moved.

You will never run out of things to do. There will always be things that will demand your attention. Until the day the Lord calls you home, your list of responsibilities and the people’s expections of you will only increase and pile up.

But the secret to accomplishing much is choosing what is more important and what has eternal value. Like Mary who took time to sit down at the feet of Jesus, let us resolve to choose what really matters.

Counseling can wait. Ministry can wait. That Facebook post can wait. But your time at the feet of Jesus is far more important. It is the fuel that brings fire to your counseling, to your ministry and to all the other things that you need to do. In fact, your time with Jesus is the fire that turns your Facebook posts from an annoying religious stray bullet to a powerful word of encouragement. [Read more...]