Choices

Matthew 26: 12 – 13

“When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

In the days preceding the crucifixion of Jesus, a woman came and lavished worship on Jesus.

She obviously had an inside spiritual track, on what was happening to the One she recognized as her Messiah.

Jesus said that what she had done, would be told in memory of her.

What she did for Jesus has lasted through the ages, and we’re reliving it again this morning.

As we approach this week of remembrance, how much of what Jesus has done for you, will be remembered this week?

I reflect on my life without a Savior, and my heart is filled with such great appreciation that He has found me, and saved me.

One thing that jumps off the page, is that what this woman did, ministered greatly to Jesus.

The disciples were indignant about how much money this woman wasted, that could have been given to the poor.

Jesus in essence said, you will always have the poor to care for, but you won’t always have me.

Isn’t that just like us? We have every amount of Jesus that we care to have, at our very disposal, and yet we don’t often choose the greater things.

What will you choose this week? Will you choose the greater things, or will you as we often do, choose the things that have no lasting eternal value?