Extravagant Love
… a woman approached him with an alabaster jar filled with very expensive perfume … and poured the perfume on Jesus’ head. Some who were there became upset and said to each other, “Why waste that perfume? It was worth a full years work….” Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why are you troubling her? She did an excellent thing for me….”
Mark 14:3-6 (NLT)
If I love Jesus Christ with all my heart, at some point, my love becomes extravagant. I will want to show my love somehow and the cost will not matter—whether its dollars given in His honor, or the troubling comments of those who simply don’t understand—it will be rewarded by Christ’s affirmation, His gentle, loving acknowledgement, “She did an excellent thing….”
Sometimes it takes a while for this love of Christ to hit the core of our being. For Mary, Martha’s sister, it happened soon enough, for the disciples it came later—but it did come. They paid the ultimate price—they gave their lives, quite literally, as all but one was martyred for their love of Christ.
His passion consumed their souls. Will it consume mine? Will it consume yours?
Lord, help me to love you like Mary did. Amen.