In this message, Pastor Duane emphasizes that the "one thing" — intimate relationship with Jesus — is the good part that makes every other part of life and ministry function properly. Martha’s distraction with serving, though noble, shows how even good things can pull us from this priority. Paul’s "one thing" of forgetting the past, reaching forward, and pressing toward the high calling models how to maintain longevity and effectiveness. Jesus must remain our first love so all other loves flourish.