Always give your best

“Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, …” 
John 12:3(KJV)

Our opening scripture stresses the value of the pond of ointment of spikenard Mary brought to anoint Jesus, the Bible says it was very costly. That is very important for us to take note of. This meant that she did not bring her left over to give to Jesus, instead she brought her very best.

Don't give God your left over. Your left overs are not for God. It is not a sacrifice when you bring something you don't need anymore or something you want to get rid of and then you bring it to the altar as a sacrifice to God, it is not acceptable.

Mary brought something very costly, “and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.” The Bible says in Matthew 26:8 that, “…when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?” They called giving to Jesus a waste, because they didn't understand that what Mary was doing that day was going to set her up to receive an eternal memorial from that singular act of obedience to give her best to Jesus.

Then Jesus said in Matthew 26:13, “Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.” That was what she got as a result of giving Jesus her best.

PRAYER
Dear Father I receive grace right now to always be a prompt to do it giver whenever you lay it upon my heart to give.

For further study read: 
Genesis 22:1-18, 2 Corinthians 9:7-8(AMP).

DOING THE WORD
Don't procrastinate when God tells you to give.