“Then Mary took a pound of perfume, pure and expensive nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was about to betray him), said, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?””
John 12:3-5 CSB
Mary worships Jesus by washing His feet and anointing them with perfume…it was kind of an odd thing to do. But it was her act of worship! Judas however, sees only the practical and is irritated. He uses some excuse to make his irritation sound more socially acceptable by sounding like he actually cared for the poor. But the reality is that he wasn’t getting what he wanted, and he had to let everyone know his perspective…because his ideas were so correct.
Lord, I have that same pride in me…confident of why my ideas are so right that it is obvious everyone should agree with me…yet I’m oblivious to what other people are doing or saying. Help me to see my prideful heart motivations and control my words to enable others to worship You!
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