26/12/2025
When Busyness Replaces Purpose
I’ve been reflecting on how easily, in leadership, careers, and life, we can become so busy doing that we forget why we started.
We work hard.
We push goals.
We build teams.
We chase excellence and results.
None of this is wrong. But sometimes, like Martha in Luke 10:38–42, we become distracted by many tasks—so focused on serving that we miss the presence of Jesus. Meanwhile, Mary chose to sit at His feet, choosing what truly mattered.
Jesus wasn’t rebuking work. He was reminding us of order: presence before performance, purpose before productivity.
How often do we live like Martha—busy, stressed, overwhelmed—while neglecting the one thing that fuels everything else?
✔ Excellence matters
✔ Hard work matters
✔ Commitment matters
But alignment, intimacy, and purpose matter more. Because when the heart reconnects, the work regains meaning.
So today I’m asking myself—and inviting you to reflect too:
Have we become so busy doing that we’ve forgotten to simply be with Him?
Maybe it’s time to:
1️⃣ Pause
2️⃣ Realign
3️⃣ Return to purpose
— Tim Maloi | Christlike Generation Global
Discover how leaders and believers can lose focus through busyness and how to return to purpose and devotion. A reflective leadership and faith insight by Tim Maloi, published on Christlike Generation Global, inspiring a truly Christlike way of living.
