John - Mary Anoints Jesus

This week we continue in John as the raising of Lazarus forces a decision, with many putting their faith in Jesus while the Sanhedrin plots His death and Caiaphas unknowingly prophesies that one man would die for the people. At a dinner in Bethany, Mary pours out a pint of pure nard worth a year's wages on Jesus' feet, an act of worship Judas calls waste, and we see that his math is right but his Messiah is wrong. When Jesus becomes the denominator of our lives, everything we cling to for position, comfort, or control loses its inflated value, because nothing we give compares to the surpassing worth of knowing Him.