In between my weekly Lenten devotions I have been posting the most popular blogs from last year.
This May I will be speaking a message titled "My Alabaster Box" at a women's event, I will post this speaking message soon after for you to hear but take a sneak peak today at a great message hidden in this piece of scripture.
Allow God to touch the broken areas of your life friends.
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March 14, 2011 Blog Post
My Alabaster Box
After reading Mark chapter 14, I was reminded of the meaning of the Alabaster box. In this chapter a woman named Mary came in to see Jesus at the house of Simon. She walked in and went to the table with an alabaster flask in her hand. It was full of costly ointment and she began to pour it on His head. Mary found her way to this table with boldness.The oil she used was worth more than a years wages and was very precious. Mary came to him with all that she had. She was very sensitive to the timing, it was right before the burial of Jesus.
The Alabaster flask had to be BROKEN for the release of the oil.
How does this compare to us today?
ALABASTER in Greek means a VESSEL. A vessel is something that carries something.
We are all a vessel carrying something inside.
Do you happen to Carry your brokenness around?
Failures, hurts and mistakes?
A THOUGHT TODAY AND PROMISE:
If you have Christ living in you then you have a treasure in an earthen vessel that has the excellence of power and it is of God and not us.
This in confirmed in 2 Corinthians 4:7.
The power of Christ works in us and many times we need to just pour out what is broken and locked up inside of us and exchange it for the excellence of His power.
In order to make the exchange we must be broken:
Psalm 51:17 states "The sacrifices of God are a BROKEN SPIRIT a BROKEN and contrite heart.
This is very precious in the eyes of God.
We carry so much around in our alabaster box.
Alabaster is made from limestone, a very soft stone. The stone is very flexible and translucent. Limestone is also a very costly and precious, Isaiah 13:12 states "I will make a man more PRECIOUS than fine gold."
We're all so very precious and believe me God cares so much about what is inside of our vessel. Do not lock up your brokenness because he can see right through us.
Jesus was a broken vessel for our transgressions and He poured out his perfect love on the cross and into our hearts and minds to accomplish His goal and our victory.His brokenness was very costly and precious.
Is Christ in you? The HOPE and GLORY?
He was the precious ointment that was poured out for us and it should be sealed inside our alabaster box.
Let His grace flow down and cover you my friend. Please allow your vessel to be broken.
Pour out your hurts and allow His precious ointment (HOPE AND GLORY) to cover you today!
Make your way to Him today, I encourage you to write down your brokenness and hand it over to God, stop carrying around that heavy load. God has a plan a future and a hope for you. Make the exchange today.
Blessings,
