As I listened to CeCe Winans sing Alabaster Box my heart was drawn into worship as it overflowed with thanksgiving for our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This Good Friday, I pray you, like me, were able to pour your thanksgiving and praise on Him (Jesus) like oil from Mary’s alabaster box. He is so worthy! As we reflect on His suffering and death and realize what he has done, how can we not worship Him! Nothing about that Friday when he suffered, bled, and died on that cross was a good day for Him in the natural, but it definitely was an exceptionally good Friday for you and for me.
“I can’t forget the way life used to be. I was a prisoner to the sin that had me bound… until the day when Jesus came to me and healed my soul with the wonder of His touch. So now I’m giving back to him all the praise He’s worthy of. I’ve been forgiven and that’s why I love Him so much! “You weren’t there the night Jesus found me. You did not feel what I felt when he wrapped his loving arms all around me. You don’t know the cost of the oil. You don’t know the cost of the oil in my alabaster box.”
Adapted from CeCe Winans’ Alabaster Box
Sunday is coming! We know that Jesus rose from the grave, victoriously. Death could not hold him. Hallelujah! Praise God! He is alive and in Him we have received newness of life. Because he paid the price, we live. Our sins have been forgiven. In that we rejoice. But first, before we shout in His victory over death (and ours), please join me in pausing to consider the vast cost of our salvation. It cost God everything! And He was willing to pay it for you and me. Let us take a moment to pour our love and praise on Him like the oil from Mary’s alabaster box. He deserves nothing less. What do you think?
“But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings; The punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him, And by His wounds we are healed. All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.”
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