Here's My Box

The story of the woman with the alabaster box has got to be one of the greatest in the Bible. That's probably why Jesus said it must be told whenever the gospel is preached. Recently I have been studying this story and speaking about it from various angles.
Consider your life as that box.
All the good experiences! Like the day you were saved. The first time you led someone to the Lord. The times you have felt renewed in His presence and were off to a fresh start.
Also consider your pain. The abuse, hard words, broken dreams and broken promises-- all neatly packed away in that box.
The good, bad and ugly all living together.
Now picture the woman carrying the alabaster box. Recall her reputation.
Can you imagine her emotional baggage--the pain and humiliation?
This box of perfume was her most valued possession.
Despite how she had earned it.
When she found out that Jesus was near, she tucked the box under her arm and set out on a journey. She made her way out of her familiar place of abode and into the streets where she was likely looked upon with disgust.
At this point, nothing mattered but Him and a divine appointment of sorts. And Simon's house...a meeting place to trade her pain for his healing.
When she came through the door, she fell to her knees in worship. She bathed His feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. She worshiped until she was finally able to offer the one thing that she held in high esteem; the only thing that could give her real identity and true purpose--her box.
The box held it all.
She reached for it and with all the strength she had, she broke it! She took what she had held dear and gave it away!
It was love and worship. It was emptying--a dieing out of what she was. It was also a discovery of who she was about to become.
Jesus wants your box, too. Your box is intended to be a blessing. All the wrongs and rights mingled together in that box are designed to bless someone else. Give Him your box.