THE SECRET OF THE ALABASTER BOX

Hey Ladies!!! Today, I want to share with us a lovely and helpful secret.

Most of us feel the only time we would be complete and whole is when there is a man in our life but that is so untrue. Only Jesus, the real bridegroom and heavenly fiancée can fill every incomplete space or vacuum in our lives. You need to firstly recklessly abandon yourself to Him, meaning you should give yourself totally to Him so He can feel you totally, give you full happiness, make you whole and then make you ready for a man to come in. I will like to share the secret of the alabaster box as I read from the book “The lady in waiting by Jackie Kendall and Debbie Jones”.

In the days Jesus was on earth, when a young woman reached the age of availability for marriage, her family would purchase an alabaster box for her and fill it with precious ointment. The size of the box and the value of the ointment would parallel her family’s wealth. This alabaster box would be part of her dowry. When a young man came to ask for her in marriage, she would respond by taking the alabaster box and breaking it at his feet. This gesture of anointing his feet showed him honor.

One day, when Jesus was eating in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came in and broke an alabaster box and poured the valuable ointment on Jesus’ head (Mark 14:3-9). The passage in Luke 7 that refers to this event harshly describes the woman as “a woman in the city who was a sinner” (Luke 7:37). This woman found Jesus worthy of such sacrifice and honor. In fact, Jesus memorialized her gesture in Matthew 26:13, see also Mark 14:9. This gesture had such meaning, for not only did she anoint Jesus for burial, she also gave her all to a heavenly Bridegroom. Yes, she was a sinner (who isn’t a sinner, according to Romans 3:23?), but this sinner had dreams and wisely broke her alabaster box in the presence of the only One who can make a woman’s dreams come true.

What is in your alabaster box? Is your box full of fantasies that began as a little girl while you listened to and watched fairy tales about an enchanting couple living happily ever after? Have you been holding on tightly to your alabaster box of dreams, frantically searching for a man worthy of breaking your box? Take your alabaster box to Jesus and break it in His presence, for He is worthy of such honor. Having responded to your heavenly Bridegroom in such a manner, you can wait with confident assurance that, if it be God’s will, He will provide you with an earthly bridegroom.

How do you know if you have broken your alabaster box at the feet of Jesus? Such a decision will be reflected in reckless abandonment to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. When the Lord gives you a difficult assignment, such as another dateless month, you receive His terms without resentment. Your attitude will reflect Mary’s response to the angel when she, as a single woman, was given a most difficult assignment. Mary said, “I belong to the Lord, body and soul…let it happen as you say” (Luke 1:38).

I hope you learnt something from this post and would make a decision through the help of the Holyspirit to take your alabaster box and break it at the feet of Jesus in reckless abandonment. When He is your Lord, you can joyfully walk in the path of life that He has for you and meet your earthly bridegroom, if it be His will.

Remain blessed and I love you.

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