What are you looking for?

A woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil. – Mark 14:3

"Stop! There’s a good pair of shoes! Slow down, you just passed a hammer! Look at that jacket in the ditch!" As the car was speeding down the highway at 70 miles an hour, these were the exclamations of a hitchhiker to the driver who had just picked him up. After several hours of similar comments, the driver reached two conclusions:

1. The hitchhiker’s life consisted mainly of things he found by the side of the road.

2. All of us see what we’re looking for. As we go through life, the focus of our eyes reveals the desire of our hearts.

During the week before Jesus was crucified, the chief priests and scribes were looking for any excuse to arrest and kill Him (Mark 14:1). Judas was looking for a convenient way to betray Jesus (v. 11). A woman whom we know to be Mary of Bethany was looking for a way to show her love to the Lord (John 12:1-3). And they all found the opportunities they were seeking.

Our Bible reading today calls us to focus on Christ and His great passion that caused Him to die for our sins. Like Mary, may we have hearts that are always looking for opportunities to say to our Savior, "I love You." – David McCasland

If you’d like to know the love of God

the Father,

Come to Him through Jesus Christ,

His only Son;

He’ll forgive your sins and save

your soul forever,

And you’ll love forevermore this

faithful One. – Felten

READ: Mark 14:1-9

We can love Jesus too little, but we can never love Him too much.