I was doing my Bible reading today and a very short story popped out at me that I want to share. It can be found in Matthew 26:6-13. It's the story of the woman in Bethany who anointed Jesus with a very expensive perfume.
The disciples chastised her for "wasting" it by pouring it on Jesus and not doing something selfless like selling it and giving it to the poor. And it got me thinking about so many things. How many of us do that very thing with our time, money, or spiritual gifts? We don't give it to Jesus because we're so busy in our own lives that we foget to honor God. Or maybe we're involved in the church....so involved that we're running around in circles helping everyone else (giving to the "poor") all the while forgetting that the real reason we should be doing this is to honor God, not so people can see how hard we're working for God and not for self-gratification.
How about when we do something like selling something so that we can give it to the poor just like the disciples suggested....how many times, and I know I've been guilty of this in the past, do we make sure that everyone can see our sacrifice so that people will see how much we care or how much we love Jesus?
I want to be that woman. I want to be the woman that honors God with EVERYTHING. I want to be the woman who doesn't care who sees every time I serve Jesus. Who just serves Jesus because that's what she wants to do. Who gives her most expensive perfume to Jesus to anoint him. Who serves God because my love for Him is so great, it's like a void when I DON'T give to Him.
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