March 24
2019
My Worship
Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. “You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. “You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. “Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Luke 7:44-47
The woman with the Alabaster box came to unabashedly worship Jesus.
Simon didn’t understand this woman or her worship and because of that he judged her.
Simon hadn’t even extend the common courtesies of the day to Jesus when He entered his home; water for his feet, a kiss and oil for his head and yet he stood in judgment of this woman and her worship.
Jesus points out “to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
In our day and age, as Christians, there are times when we are not even extending common courtesies to Jesus in our own lives and yet we find ourselves in situations where we judge the worship of those around us.
They are too much, they are worshiping too little, or they are worshiping in a way that is unfamiliar to us.
Jesus points out clearly that those who recognize that they have been forgiven much are the ones most likely to love and therefore worship without reserve.
The outward appearance of worship doesn’t tell the story of the heart in worship –
only Jesus knows the reservedness of the worship we offer to Him.
Let’s start focusing on ensuring our own worship is pure before God and stop looking at those around us.
Question for Discussion
What are some of your favorite ways to worship Jesus?