Matt 26:6-11
6 vNow when Jesus was at wBethany in the house of Simon the leper,1 7 a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. 8 And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for a large sum and xgiven to the poor.” 10 But yJesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful thing to me. 11 For zyou always have the poor with you, but ayou will not always have me.

Have you ever heard the statement..”make the most important thing, the most important thing?”

First we see an obviously gratful woman who has been drastically affected by Jesus who displays a very expensive gesture and then we also see Jesus’ disciples who are annoyed and angry and what she did. We don’t know her name or her story but I tell you what she did will/should never stop teaching us. I find myself acting “more often” like the disciples rather than the woman. I get my “know more than you” hat on all the time. These disciples thought they were “setting” this woman back on the right path.

The message is simple….give Jesus your most extravagant act of affection and don’t be an arrogant “know it all”. Why…?...because time is short and if you only have certain amount of time, do the “most important thing”.

When is the last time you did something extravagant for Jesus? Is He really worth it? Remember that time is short. I forget that Jesus came to melt my hard heart. He did not come so we would have another reason to look down on someone.

Let Jesus “set us straight”. This season is to remember that God gave us an extravagant gift “Jesus”. Make the most important thing, the most important thing.