As in Mary, to put yourself at someone's feet is to be submissive...to take time to listen to God's word. This is the story of Martha and Mary. Martha has frenzied herself into the bottom line of blaming Jesus for her exhaustion. Mary was the only person on the face of the earth who knew that Jesus was going to die. None of the apostles, no one else...Why? She listened. The apostles ran the teaching of the coming of the Messiah through a "grid." They were locked into the expectation of a certain Messiah. Mary didn't run it through the grid...she listened. She accepted it. She put it into her heart.
Jesus himself submitted to the word of God and Mary knew that. Exodus 17 is the prophecy of Jesus Christ submitting to the prophecy of God. Jesus Christ was beaten, stabbed, dealt with the worst parts of His life, He stood on the Bible. "Thy will be done..." If you look into the Bible and refuse to accept 'certain parts' then you do not have a living relationship with God. In every aspect of life, if you don't disagree with a person then you have NO relationship with that person. Let me sit at His feet...let me kiss His feet. One day He will honor me for that and that is all I want...
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