Have you ever been given an extravagant gift from someone, but had a
difficult time receiving it? Maybe you’ve said to the gift giver, “This
is too much, I just can’t accept it.” And then the giver insists and
then the two of you argue back and forth for a while, but after some time you relent and finally accept it.
How does that make you feel and what do you do next?
If you’re like many people, maybe you feel like you must out-give
the giver of the gift and do something bigger and better. And so you
figure out a way to give back. Or maybe you just try and show your
appreciation over and over again to the giver. Or maybe you say nice
things or do nice things in an effort to feel worthy of the gift or
somehow make up for the extravagant gift you've received. How should we
respond when we’ve been given an extravagant gift?
This
week as we worship through music and message, we will look at what it
means to bring our extravagant worship to Jesus. We will see Mary bring a
very extravagant gift to Jesus and as she brings her gift, we’ll see
how others respond and we’ll see how Jesus responds. And in the process
we will explore how we can respond as we learn from Mary about the
worship we bring to Jesus.
Gary
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