The woman who lavished expensive perfume on Jesus found in Matthew 26 verses 6 to 13 was reprimanded by people around her, she was deemed to be foolish. They echoed: "Such a waste, the money could have been put to good use, maybe even for a more worthy causes." The reason why they could not comprehend why she did what she did is because they have not encountered the Lord Jesus; they had not experienced the love and mercy of Christ. They did not comprehend the height, the depth, the width; the extent of the love of God. They certainly had not tasted His goodness and graciousness.
Giving our lives to the Lord is not a 'big' price in view of all that the Lord has done for us. He has given us joy for our sorrow, release for our pain, peace for our anxiety, laughter for our tears, gladness for our heaviness, freedom for our bondages; the list goes on and on. We can never ever out give Him. The woman who lavished precious perfume on Jesus did the right thing; oftentimes people do not comprehend why Christians sacrificed high paying jobs, the promise of a huge bank account at retirement, the luxuries this life offers for the things of God. Only those whose lives have been touched and transformed by the Master can comprehend that what really consume us is the life and light of Jesus, the precious and abiding presence of our Lord. May our life be a pleasing sacrifice to the Lord, may He consume us through and through and our deepest desire on this side of heaven is "Lord, let your will be done in us". Someone once said that the best place we can be is to be in the will of God.
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