"One Thing is Needful"

George Whitefield, on his last trip to America, scratched into a window at a house he visited the words, "One Thing is Needful". What did he mean? Why of all things did he scratch this into the window. We would do well to follow the advice left behind, not by Whitefield but by Christ himself in Luke 10:42. Christ said, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Martha was so busy doing that she missed precious moments with her savior. Where are our priorities? It is good that we should work and support our family. It is good that we should spend time with our families. It is good that we spend time in study. It is good that we spend time at Church. How much time, do we spend sitting at the feet of Christ? Where does communion with Christ rank in our daily activities? Have we a living and healthy relationship with the Lord Jesus? We know of him, but is knowing of your spouse enough? Have we a relationship at all? Will a head knowledge preserve us in the day of trial that is approaching? What about the Judgment? Will you recognize the face of your beloved, do you long for it now? If not, I doubt whether you will long for it in eternity. If your heart is new, you will not be given another. You desire the things now, that you will desire in eternity. What are they? Psalms 27 - "One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. - When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. - I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and he shall strenthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord."

I cannot encourage you enough to seek the Lord. Our God is not like other gods, he is alive and will answer. Do not be slothful, do not hesitate and do not quit. Doing so is not the characteristic of the Bride of Christ. Read the Parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew. Test thyself. Sleep not, rest not, persevere, seek him out, give him no rest until he communes with you. Once you have drank from this fountain, the world and all its entertainments carry no enjoyment. ONLY, One Thing is Needful!