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At His Feet — Part 2
“Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of My burying hath she kept this” (John 12:7).
Moved by love for Christ, Mary of Bethany does the right thing at the right moment. She might have left the ointment in the alabaster box and presented it to Christ as a gift, but this would not have put the same honor upon Him. Instead, she pours it out upon His feet, and the Lord defends her against those who dare to criticize her act of worship.
Christ was everything to Mary. Christ was her life, her all, and she bows at His feet as a worshipper because of all that He is. She forgets herself, and her blessings, and thinks only of Him. How blessed if, when we come to worship, we could each lose sight of ourselves and see nothing except Jesus and His glory.
How blessed, too, was the effect of her act of devotion to Christ, for we read, “the house was filled with the odor of the ointment” (John 12:3). Mary’s act of worship was precious to the heart of Christ, and also a sweet fragrance to all who were in the house. That which gives honor to Christ will also bring blessing to others.
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