Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste? For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. When she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”
God always desires to be revered as God. And the Son of God desires to revere as the One who was sent by the Holy One of Israel. In this scene, the disciples lost their focus and placed greater importance of the pot instead of the potter. Jesus has not lost His focus when He sends another reminder that soon He will lay down His life for salvation of many. Yet the disciples, this chosen group of men do not honor their Savior, but instead they preach to the man without sin. Jesus has always said that the last will be first and the first will be last in His Father’s Kingdom, so he honors the one who treated Him as Redeemer so that she would always be remembered.
Daily Prayer: Holy Redeemer, let me not follow the ways of error, but instead learns from them. Let the people who I come in contact with know that I am one of Yours by the way I honor You in my life. In Your Holy Name I pray Amen.
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