“She has done a beautiful thing to me” (Mark 14:6, NIV).
Jesus was profoundly moved by Mary’s overflowing expression of devotion. So extreme was His heart’s response, He proclaimed that everyone all over the world and throughout history should hear about her – wherever the gospel is preached. If anyone had reached the depths of His soul during His thirty-three years on earth, this woman had.
Why? What was it about her actions that moved Him so? A dear friend of mine recently had a poignant revelation about this from Holy Spirit as she was meditating on the story. He pointed out to her that everyone else in Jesus’ life always came to Him either for something they needed, or even to battle Him, hoping for His demise. He was ceaselessly in the giver’s position. Usually the only receiving that happened was in His place of prayer with the Father, where His Abba would pour back into Him everything He was giving out.
But this was different. Mary didn’t come because she had a request of Him. She didn’t pull on Him at all. Instead, she did the opposite. She gave to Him. She poured out her love on Him in unabashed adoration. In that moment, she was giving, and He was receiving. She was not only touching His feet, but reaching His inner being. She was ministering to the very core of her Lord.
Her lavish expression of gratitude and tenderness allowed Him to Continue reading Your Love Ministers to Jesus
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