Nothing Too Precious for My Jesus - Part 539

The woman in Mark 14 understood who Jesus was. She was the woman who brought an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard -- an ointment considered very precious and expensive at the time -- and poured the oil over Jesus' head. In her mind, there was nothing too precious for Jesus. As we read in the previous post, here was Jesus our Lord and Saviour pouring out His soul unto death for us. Ready to die so that we might have life in His abundance. The cornerstone of our salvation. The Alpha and Omega. Our God and Saviour - the beginning and the end. Preparing to hang on a cross because He loved us even before the foundation of this world was formed.

But the woman knew this already. Even when those in the house of Simon became indignant, calling the use of the ointment a waste -- suggesting that it could have been sold for 300 pence and the money given to the poor --  this woman knew that Jesus was worth more than silver or gold. She knew that  Jesus - the Word that had became flesh to save us from sin -- was worthy of worship and praise.

Remember when Jesus came to Nazareth where He had been raised and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath Day? There He opened the book of the prophet Esaias and read the following: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He hath annointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." (Luke 4:18)

Well, when the woman poured the expensive oil over Jesus, the woman already recognized Jesus as her Lord and Saviour. She knew that only Jesus could free souls from the torment and toil that is inherent in life. That it is Jesus who heals the broken-hearted and sets the captives free. Indeed, the woman was already aware of the miracles of Jesus. That it was this same Jesus who had repeatedly recovered sight to the blind throughout the new testament. It was Jesus who set at liberty all those that were bruised.

In this chapter, here was a woman willing to give Jesus her everything - her all - because she knew He was enough. Unlike Peter who should have known better, this woman was not going to deny her Lord and Saviour. She knew in whom she believed. And she understood why.

Psalms 73:25 states, "Whom have I in Heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire but you." In other words, in this woman's view, even this expensive oil wasn't good enough for Jesus who knew our hearts and yet loved us even before the foundation of the world was formed.

Grace and abundance be yours through the knowledge of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Stand in the offering plate.