by Jacob Tilton
Luke 7:36 “One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took as reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.”
The religious authorities of the day had organized a very special dinner and invited the popular new teacher to join them. Perhaps they are interested in wooing him into helping them with their political aspirations. A woman with a known reputation learns of where Jesus will be eating that evening. She desires to see Jesus and show her love and thankfulness to him as the only forgiver of sins, even if that means going to a dinner uninvited.
The woman was willing to break certain social rules and defy “proper” expectations in order to show her devotion and love to Jesus. She may have been looked down upon even more following this display of love. However, she was more concerned about honoring, loving and blessing her Lord than she was with following the expectations put upon her by the society and culture around her.
Am I willing to be a social outcast and suffer verbal abuse so that I may love and worship my Savior who alone has forgiven my sins? Do I desire to worship and fellowship with Him more than anything, including being well-thought of by others? May God give us hearts that love and fear Him more than we love and fear the approval of men.
PRAYER: Lord, my own tears anoint your feet in worship. May I humble myself daily to recognize that you are my forgiveness, and in you I find true meaning. Amen.
© 2008 Jacob Tilton/Anchored Music Ministries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. No reproduction without written permission.
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