180 – Extravagant – John 12:1-11

After dinner, Mary demonstrated her devotion to Jesus and her understanding of what was ahead for Him. She took a large amount of expensive perfume, perhaps worth about $25,000 in today’s economy, and poured it out over Jesus’ feet. She began to wipe His feet with her hair. All that she considered most valuable was devoted to Jesus and she demonstrated that by pouring out that perfume. She had experienced an abundance of life change and all that was her abundance was given to Him.
Judas, in contrast, had a scarcity mentality. The perfume was being wasted, in his view. His life had not experienced the same life change as Mary’s had – and all he could see were dollar signs. In the end, Mary is commended by Jesus and Judas is rebuked. The perfume was not the most valuable entity in that room. Jesus and the lives He had changed were most valuable – they were the abundance. Mary knew where her abundance really was – Judas thought abundance was in a valuable item. Mary gave evidence of her abundant life change in her devotion to Jesus. How can you and I give evidence of the abundance of joy, grace, significance and meaning that Jesus has brought to us as we live out our lives for Him this week?

Set List for March 25, 2012

O Praise Him - YouTube
How Great is Our God - YouTube
Forever Reign - YouTube
Jesus Paid it All  -  YouTube