The Woman's Revelation

Mark 14:3-6
While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, "Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor." And they rebuked her harshly. "Leave her alone," said Jesus. "Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.

This woman had a revelation that I believe has been lost in the church of today.

There is so much preaching about giving to receive, that we rarely see people give extravagantly without calculating the return. I don't think this woman gave a years worth of wages because she was expecting to reap more than what she gave. This woman had already received!! I believe she was giving all she had out of a thankful, worshipful heart.

What's a years worth of wages in comparison to the Cross? What's a years worth of wages in comparison to the Father's First Born Son? What's a years worth of wages in comparison to the Gift of Life?

The Father Gave everything He had because He Loves Us. His Love for us cost Him everything.
This woman knew she had received the greatest gift ever given to earth- Jesus. Out of that revelation, out of that truth, she gave. She loved Him back, with everything she had.