Scripture to Read: Luke 7:37–38
Jesus fellowshipped with almost anyone who invited Him to dine with them. What a great reminder that when anyone is willing to invite Jesus in, Jesus arrives offering the fullness of His grace, love, mercy, and forgiveness. Only when someone fully surrenders to Him do they experience all that Jesus has to offer. As God continues to walk us through the Gospel, according to Luke, we read: Luke 7:37–38, “And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, 38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.” Some think this woman was Mary Magdalene, but God never had Luke write her name. I love what Charles Spurgeon wrote about the two women who were recorded in Scripture who had washed Jesus’ feet. Spurgeon said, “It ought not to astonish you that there were two persons whose intense affection thus displayed itself; the astonishment should rather be that there were not two hundred who did so, for the anointing of the feet of an honored Friend…Loved as Jesus deserved to be, the marvel is that He was not oftener visited with these generous tokens of human love.” Jesus alone deserves all our worship, praise, and honor. We are nothing without Him and we have nothing of worth apart from Him.
Challenge & Application
What stands out about the woman, and what can we learn from her humble worship of our Lord?
How can we better worship our Lord each day and never become complacent about our worship of Him?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!