What a great week at Torch! 66 people squeezed into our Receptional hall for an full morning of new exciting ministry opportunities, powerful worship, a Biblical message, sharing the Lord's Supper together, and then capped off with a beautiful special music moment. It's amazing that we fit it all in to an hour! Except that we didn't, we went about and hour and a half. :) But I think everyone would agree that it was worth it.
The encouragement this week from John 12:1-11 as we discuss Mary annointing Jesus from the oil in her alabaster jar is 2 fold:
First, be like Mary. Let your praise of Jesus be full and complete. What is beautiful about Mary's act is that her praise and value of Jesus is equal to His glory. She is willing to sacrifice and serve Jesus with everything she has, giving Him her absolute best for the simple reason that she believes He is worth it! And she believes this because that is how He how loved her. Her actions are a reaction to His abundant life and love. Does your service to Jesus look like Mary's?
Second, don't be like Judas. He masks his selfish motives behind the curtain of altruistic ministry to the poor. But Jesus isn't fooled. And his sin will only get worse as this story precludes his betrayal. Don't play with sin. Celebrate others successes without jealousy. And trust other Christians. That's what love does, it trusts.
So, who are you living more like? Does your service to Jesus look more like Mary's or Judas'?
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