Extravagant Love

What is Jesus worth to you? We can find out what our car is worth, our house, and even most of our possessions. But what is Jesus worth to you? How do you value your relationship with your Lord and Savior? This is a poignant question as we conclude our series on kingdomnomics, and move into this Christmas season where we celebrate the birth of our Savior.

If you were to have asked Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus what Jesus was worth, I think I know what her answer would have been. She would say something like, “everything,” or “all of it.” In John 12, we come across an account that is either most flagrant waste of money, or the most extravagant act of worship. How you see it will depend entirely on what is most valuable to you.

Here’s the thing, when you’ve been deeply touched by the grace of God, you can’t help but respond in ways that make no sense to the world. God’s love and God’s grace will make you do things that world says, “Huh? What’s going on there? That doesn’t make any sense.”

But how often do we back down from loving Jesus extravagantly, because of our fear of what others will think? How often do we only act with a wimpy, reluctant love because of what someone else might say? As long as there is someone or something worth more to us than Jesus, then we will never love him extravagantly. Whatever you love most, you will love most extravagantly.