Everything

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone.  Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.” Mark 14:6 ESV

This woman wasted one years’ worth of wages on Jesus.  Calculate what you make in a year, perhaps at your medium level of earnings.  This would be a lot of money.  Not only that but think about the hours of work that went into that wage.  Now remember this was something she had saved, so this was from the extra work.

She had purchased this ointment in what could be called vanity.  This oil was a scent used to beautify a situation.  It was an excess not an essential.  Some have postulated that she was a prostitute, and this was used to attract customers.  This would be a lavish amount money saved for someone in prostitution at the time.  

Imagine taking that item you loved and giving it over to Jesus.  This was not a “need” of his, rather it was something he received as beautiful.  Wow!

I knew of a lady (true story) who did not have much money.  She wanted to but a certain dress for Easter.  She saved her money over the course of a year.  With great joy she went and purchased the dress.  A couple of days later she encountered an even poorer woman who needed dress for a job.  The lady knew God was calling her to give the woman her dress.  She did.  She gave God her best, her desire.  God used this situation to bless both women.

Sometimes God asks you to give the extravagant, are you willing to give it?  What is that thing in your life that you will not give up for Him?  What do you think God might be calling you to do with Him?

No Comments


Recent

Archive

Categories

Tags

10000 Reasons 2 Corinthians 3 A People in Decline Aaron Shust Abandoned Acts 2 Acts Alabaster Jar Alert Annointing Anointing Art Asleep Assyria Awareness Aware Awe Babylon is Fallen Babylon Bach Barabbas Barrabbas Be Courageous Be Strong Benjamin West Bible Project Blessing Bonhoeffer Caesar Cancer Character of God Charles Wesley Christ's Return Christina Rossetti Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery Context Cost Crisis Crowds Crown of Thorns Crucified Cunning Current Events Denial Dickinson Discipleship Ears Easter Economy Edward Hicks Empty tomb End of World Examen Exodus Eyes Fall of Babylon Fall of Icarus False Glory Fear Not Forskaen Garden of Gethsemane Gethsemane God Story God's Will God\'s Will God\\\'s Will God Good Friday Gospels Grace Discipleshio Handed Over Handel's Messiah Handel\'s Messiah He's Not Finished He\'s Not Finished Head and Heart High Priest Holy Saturday Holy Spirit Holy Week How Will You Respond? Hymn I AM Injustice Introduction Isaiah 11 Isaiah 13 Isaiah 14 Isaiah 1 Isaiah 21 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 36-39 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 40 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 9-12 Isaiah James Weldon Johnson Jan Richardson Jen Rose Yokel Jesus in the Boat Jesus' Coming Jesus John 5 John Martin John Wesley Jonathan Rogers Jordan Joshua 1 Joshua Keep My Word Kingdom of God Kingdom Last Supper Lord Byron Lord's Supper Love Malcolm Guite Man of Sorrows Mark 13 Mark 14 Mark 15 Martin Luther Mary Oliver Matt Redman Matthew 28 Maundy Thursday Memorial Michael W Smith Mocking Music New Kingdom Nicolai Not Done Yet Online Resources Open the Eyes of My Heart Overview Painting Palm Sunday Passion Passover Peter James John Peter Pictures of Temple Pilate Poem Poetry Politics Poor Power of God Praise Presence of God Propoganda Prudence Psalm 22 Reading Plan Redeemer Reflection Remember Remnant Restoration Resurrection Richard Foster Righteousness Robert Hayden Rossetti Sacrifice Sanhedrin Sarah Clarkson Servant Signs Silence Sonnet Soul Care Sovereign Spiritual Spoken Word Stafford Stations of the Cross Stay With Me Success Sweetly Broken Temple destruction Temple The Dream of the Rood The Proud Will Be Humbled Tim Keller Triumphal Entry Trusting God Uphill Video Watchman Watch Weekly Examen What is Important Who Ami I? Who am I? Who is God? William Stafford anger attention awake belong challenge cross cruciform delusional disciples give hesed hope led astray money offering poverty prayer second coming tax tenants truth widow yeats