Luke 7:37-38 NIV — A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
Some words that come to mind when referring to spiritual obedience are stillness, prayer, listening, submission, humility, faith, and action. Today, we will discuss submission. In today’s reading, let’s look at submissive obedience. This was an expensive jar of perfume. She took something that was valuable to her to worship Jesus. We can visualize her weeping at Jesus’ feet. Have you ever been moved so much during worship that it brought you to tears? This may occur when our hearts are submissive in worship.
Good news, Jesus doesn’t need us to pour perfume out for Him today, but He does want our submissive hearts. He wants to see our obedience through worship. What words, scriptures, or songs come to mind when you think of obedience and submission?
I encourage you to listen and worship to, Let The Alabaster Break by Lizzie Morgan. Let’s pray.
Dear God, thank You for the ability to worship You. I lay at Your feet today in complete surrender. I love You and praise You! In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
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In our denomination, we have a special missions offering that we receive twice a year–the Alabaster offering. The story of the woman and the Alabaster box is one of my earliest memories of Bible stories because of this offering. I have sweet memories of a precious pastor’s wife, who is now deceased, who would often sing as a solo “Broken and Spilled Out” on the Sundays we emphasized the offering. We have cardboard
“Alabaster boxes” we distribute for folks to use to put their self-denial offerings in, and then the boxes are brought to church for the boxes to be “broken and spilled out” into a larger container. Traditionally, we’ve had a “march offering”, bringing the boxes up front to open into a larger containr. The individual boxes are taken back home to be filled again for the next offering. The design of the boxes has changed over the years, but I’ve held onto my old ones, partly because I’m a sentimentalist, and partly because they remind me of the woman’s selfless giving and her love of her Lord.
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This is beautiful! I have the chills! Thank you for sharing!
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