What I've Learned From Mary Magdalene

I would have loved to have known Mary Magdalene – to have spent time with her, hearing about her journey before and after Christ and to find out what she learned and how her life was transformed.

1. She was willing to sit at Jesus' feet.
Sometimes we are healed and God says to go now and tell others and sometimes we are healed and we are to sit at His feet for awhile. Some scholars believe Mary Magdalene was Martha's sister who sat at Jesus' feet to learn. Whether or not this is true, we do know that she followed him and spent time with him. Only through our growing relationship with Christ do we experience a more joyful, abundant life.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:  bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
— Colossians 1:9-12

2. She was obedient.
Mary Magdalene was obedient without asking any questions. We have no Scripture that supports that she complained, ran away, asked to get some things done prior to following him, tell him she needed to fix herself before she could follow him, try to do things with her own ability, etc. ... She simply did whatever it took. I think as Christians we get hung up on all the excuses of why we can't do what God wants us to do. We end up in the same place, just spinning and going nowhere. Mary's life changed because she was obedient and did what was asked of her.

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;
— 1 Peter 1:13-15

3. She was faithful.
She was willing to follow Him wherever He went, no matter the circumstances. Mary Magdalene didn't leave His presence because she was hungry at noon on Sunday morning. She didn't leave his presence because her job was more important, because she wanted to watch the game on television or spend time on the phone. God doesn't expect us to live in a hut and become a hermit 24 hours a days, but he does expect us to pray without ceasing. To be in a constant mindset of seeking Him first in all things.