Don’t live from the outside/in but from the inside/out. This world is like a whirlwind. We get caught up in this world and become Martha running around in the kitchen while Mary is sitting there with Jesus. When we stop praying for our will and begin praying and seeking God’s will in our lives things begin to happen that our natural mind cannot comprehend. God may start closing doors and pruning the dead limbs that keeps us “running around the kitchen” like Martha. He will also begin to open doors, start showing us little nuggets of growth that the pruning produced. Then we realize all of this pruning occurred to get our flesh out of the way of God’s will. Once we become thankful for the closed doors and dead limbs removed, we become more like Mary sitting at the feet of Jesus, we don’t mind waiting. Luke 10:42 “But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”