The absolute selflessness of Jesus takes us aback. Do we understand it?
He talks of ‘good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over’ Luke 6:38. It is like buying corn in the market, filling the sack, shaking and pressing it down, and then piling a cone on the top and poking a finger in to fill it with a few more grains.
Jesus wasn’t just talking about money, either, but about life-style and disposition. A Roman soldier could compel a Jew to carry his tackle for a mile, but Jesus said they could beat the law by voluntarily going two miles, ......and instead of a man taking your cloakby suing you, give it to him, and your coat. ‘Give to the one who asks and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.’ Matthew 5:39-40.
The woman, who emptied her only wealth upon Christ with a bottle of precious ointment, shocked the disciples with such immodest abundance, but it delighted Jesus.
She had captured His own spirit of greatness. The fragrance filled the house, and as Jesus indicated, has filled the world ever since. Let’s waste ourselves for Jesus. "He alone is worthy..."
He talks of ‘good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over’ Luke 6:38. It is like buying corn in the market, filling the sack, shaking and pressing it down, and then piling a cone on the top and poking a finger in to fill it with a few more grains.
Jesus wasn’t just talking about money, either, but about life-style and disposition. A Roman soldier could compel a Jew to carry his tackle for a mile, but Jesus said they could beat the law by voluntarily going two miles, ......and instead of a man taking your cloakby suing you, give it to him, and your coat. ‘Give to the one who asks and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.’ Matthew 5:39-40.
The woman, who emptied her only wealth upon Christ with a bottle of precious ointment, shocked the disciples with such immodest abundance, but it delighted Jesus.
She had captured His own spirit of greatness. The fragrance filled the house, and as Jesus indicated, has filled the world ever since. Let’s waste ourselves for Jesus. "He alone is worthy..."
