- Jesus to the Rich Young Ruler: “One thing you lack—the Gospel” (pp Mk.10:21).
- Jesus to Martha: “Only one thing is necessary—union and communion with me” (pp Lk.10:42).
- King David: “One thing I desire of the LORD—to be with him and gaze upon his beauty” (Ps. 27:4).
- The Apostle Paul: “One thing I do—I live heavenward for the ultimate prize of Jesus himself” (pp Phil.3:13)
- Asaph: Lord, You are my one thing. “Indeed, whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.” (Ps.73:25).
Lord Jesus, the more I read Scripture the more I realize you didn’t come to help us order our frazzled lives by making you a priority. We don’t make you anything—Lord or a priority. You didn’t submit to the cradle and cross to be first in our lives, but to be our lives—our righteousness and treasure; not our compass, but our destination; not our North Star, but our entire universe; not our “favorite thing” but our “only thing.”
The Rich Young Ruler had many things except the essential thing—you. You “had” Martha, but many other things “had” Martha. Doing for you meant more than being with you. King David ran after and gained many things—some good some evil, until he finally embraced his calling to “one-thing-ness.”
The Apostle Paul was capable of multitasking on steroids, but his “one thing” became “the surpassing excellency of knowing you” (Phil.3:8-9). Asaph nearly ruined his life with religion and resentment until you became his “one thing”—not the best part about heaven, but heaven itself.
Jesus, if we have never known you in such a heart and life consuming way, take us there in 2026. Some of us are primed—like baby Robins with beaks wide open for a fresh outpouring of your Holy Spirit in our hearts. So Very Amen.
