Only One Thing
by Kenneth Copeland
Think how great it would be if you had only one thing on your to-do list today.
Not 100.
Not 10.
Just one.
One thing that would put you and keep you in the perfect will of God, that would guarantee your success, and empower you to be BLESSED and a BLESSING every day of your life.
Sounds great, doesn’t it? But to most people (Christians included) it also sounds too good to be true. “My life is complicated and demanding,” they say. “I have to earn a living. I have to take care of my family and fulfill my responsibilities at church. I have a lot of different priorities. I can’t tend to just one thing!”
From the world’s perspective, such statements make sense. But according to the Bible, that’s not how God sees it. He says we have just one priority: “My son, attend to my words” (Proverbs 4:20).
What does it mean to attend to God’s WORD? It means we put it first and make it final authority in our spirit, soul, body, finances and everything we do every day. It means we set our attention on The WORD seven days a week, day in and day out, month after month. It means we always take time to hear what The LORD is telling us so we can say and do whatever He tells us to.
In short, it means we hang on Jesus’ every word.
“But Brother Copeland, I’m too busy,” you might say.
That’s what Martha thought, too. Remember her story? She’s the woman in Luke 10 who hosted one of Jesus’ teaching meetings in her home.
If anyone ever had reason to think she didn’t have time for The WORD, Martha did. Especially the day Jesus came to her house. He had His 12 disciples with Him, and who knows how many of His other 70 staff members. Needless to say, Martha was very busy! She was not only playing hostess to a virtual multitude, she was trying to figure out how to keep them fed.
She didn’t have the luxury of calling Colonel Sanders to deliver meals for everyone like we do, today. She had to make everything. Initially she assumed her sister Mary would help, but Mary threw her a curve. Instead of heading for the kitchen, Mary joined the disciples, “sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word” (verse 39). So while Jesus taught and everyone else listened, Martha tended to the business of cooking...all by herself.
4 : BVOV : DEC '13
