Mrs Sarah Beadles
Youth Pastor's Wife
New Hope Baptist Church
Independence, MO
Broken and Spilled Out
“...In sweet abandon, let me be spilled out and used up for thee…” Mark 14:3-9 is the passage that tells us of the alabaster box. This has been a favorite song of mine for a few years now. Many times near the end of the song I find myself overwhelmed with the love of my Savior! Such sacrifice! Such love in action! When I think of being spilled out and used up for my Lord, I think of a few key phrases. *BROKEN* v.3 She had to break the box first. What has God done in your life that has broken you? What was the result of it? God wants to use these times of brokenness in our lives to draw us closer to him. He wants us to Be emptied of SELF and ready to be filled with the Spirit! Are we so full of our own petty thoughts that we can't be filled, and ultimately used up for him? *SACRIFICE* v.3 “there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious” It was valuable. But maybe not just worth a lot of money, but sentimental. Many things yay are very valuable to us don't mean much to others. Have we given over our most prized possessions to our Lord? Many times these aren't tangible possessions. If we want to be “used up” for him, it trashes sacrifice. *CRITICISM* v. 4-5 “And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste made” … “and they murmured against her.” No matter what we do for the Lord there will be some who will criticize in their hearts, or even openly to others. In times like these it's important to keep our eyes on him, and remember that we only want HIS praise. It's all for Him! *MEMORIAL* v.9 “ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.” What a thing to be known for. Jesus said of her.. “She hath done what she could…” v.8 In what ways are we allowing ourselves to be spilled our and used up for our Lord? Are we sacrificing our time under the preaching to work with the children? Maybe sacrificing our early Sunday mornings and afternoons to work on a bus! Or even hug (clean) a toilet! Haha! These areas are seldom seen, or in the spotlight, and usually not filled with lots of praise our thanks. But what eternal rewards! We should follow our Savior’s example in Matt. 20:28. “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” My Pastor/Father always reminds us as a church.. “MORE for Jesus! Not less! MORE!” Are we prepared to be used up as a wife, or mom? As a friend? As a Daughter? As we serve let's remind ourselves why… it's for Him!
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