This is the season for giving gifts. We give gifts to others to show them that we love them. Ultimately, we give because God gave us the very best gift, Jesus. He came to pay for our sins and show us the depth of His love.
Did you know that Jesus received gifts? We know that shortly after His birth He received the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh from the wise men. But did you know that several days before His death He received another gift? Matthew 26:6-14, Mark 14: 3-9, and John 12: 1-8 record that while Jesus was at Bethany, in the house of Simeon the leper, Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, took an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, pure nard, and anointed Jesus’s head and wiped his feet with her hair.
What type of gift was this?
Jesus saw her love. He saw her heart. Jesus honored her.
What gift do we have for Christ this Christmas? Are we willing to offer Him a heart of love and devotion? Are we willing to give ourselves to Him in total abandonment? He did that for us when He came to earth to pay for our sins. Can we not do the same?
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