The Dream of God's Heart.

38 Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.” 

41 And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”   Luke 10:38-42 (NKJV)

4 One thing I have desired of the LORD,
         That will I seek:
         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 inquire in His temple.   Psalm 27:4 (NKJV)

24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.    John 17:21 (NKJV)

The writer of the gospel of Luke, through the Holy Spirit, wanted to highlight the posture of heart which Mary had when Jesus came to her house. It is at this point in the narrative of the gospel of Luke where Jesus starts to share His heart regarding His suffering, death and resurrection at the Cross. Jesus was looking for a friend to share His heart with before He went through His suffering, He found a young girl who sat at His feet and listened to Him. Jesus also said something very significant, which we need to pay careful attention to as ones who desire to love and follow Him, that "one thing is needed"....just one thing...just one...that is to listen to Him..but more than listen to Him...to actually fellowship with the movements of His heart as He speaks to us. Jesus went further in affirming Mary's posture of heart in saying, in essence, "Mary has chosen the best thing that she could choose and there is no way that I will take it away from her and I will not withhold my heart from her."

    David also had the same testimony from his own lips as He wrote Psalm 27:4, which was probably written near the end of his life. David was probably the most successful king in Israel's history. He was probably the most powerful king during his time and he had conquered many nations. David was rich and had a big family...In other words, David had it made for himself!. But what was his testimony at the end of his life? In essence he was saying, "There was only one thing that I have truly wanted in my life and the only thing which satisfied...that is to be with the Lord and to look at His beauty and to fellowship with Him as a friend." Even with all that he had accomplished and obtained during his life, the only thing that satisfied him was fellowship with Yahweh.

   The Lord Jesus Himself said that this was His desire the night before He was about to die. This was the joy or vision of His heart which caused Him to endure the suffering that He went through (cf. Hebrews 12:2). The number one dream in the heart of Jesus is to have friends with whom He can have intimate fellowship with. This was the driving force or motivation of God becoming a Man and dying on the Cross for our sins.

   As ones who are created in God's image, we are created with a longing for deep intimacy and fellowship. And He formed our hearts in a way that that longing can only be fulfilled by Him alone. We easily get bored with people whom we are close to since they are finite human beings. Once you get to know somebody and every detail of their lives then that's all you get. Suddenly we become familiar with them and we can even start to become bitter towards them. We also try to fill our God-made longing with entertainment, romance novels, food, etc. only to find ourselves dissatisfied as we try many other things in hope of fulfilling this longing for beauty and intimacy. We end up dissatisfied and empty, longing for something deeper. This longing is meant to lead us back to the One Lover who fashioned it in the first place, and He is committed to satisfying it with Himself. Jesus is from everlasting and we will find out new things about Him billions of years from now. We will never get bored with Him and our hearts will continue to enlarge with love for Him as we get to know Him ages from now. True fellowship with one another occurs when we have the same vision or value, which is Jesus Christ. It is in this that we can truly know and love one another deeply.

   In the past few years, after becoming a follower of Jesus, the most satisfying and profound moments in my life has been during times of prayer and reading His Word. Also, the most fulfilling fellowship I have had was when we are filled with the Lord's love for one another and we actually fall more in love with the Lord as a result of our love for each other. No movie, entertainment, worldly relationships, etc. has passed the test of fulfilling that ache inside of my heart.

   The Jewish Man, Jesus Christ, who is God also has the same longings that we have. He doesn’t need us to live and exist as God,  but He does long for us. He longs to have fellowship with friends and He desires to unveil the deepest parts of His heart to those who are hungry and He is glorified in doing so. Prayer and meditation on God’s Word are the means through which the longings of our heart for Him and His longings for us embrace one another. Deep communion or fellowship with the Lord is priceless. It is worth more than gold or silver. He wanted this so much that He would take the time to get off of His glorious throne in the highest of heavens and become a man forever and give His life to purchase us back for Himself.