Heralds Digest

  “..there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 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.” Matthew 26 : 7 - 8 , 13 KJV The story and action of the woman with the alabaster box of very precious ointment teach the importance of divine inspiration towards positive engagement in life. Unfortunately, even the disciples with their closer privileges and revelation about the season could only see a waste in the woman’s engagement. It implies that purposes laced with pleasure and profit-making are usually at tangent with the plan of God. More often than not, precious purposes are borne out of believers’ moment of pain and persecution. For example, the affliction of the children of Israel in the...

  ” Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her. ”“ Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It is important to note how the useful undertaking of an unknown woman became a household reference, because of her useful understanding of the determinate counsel of God. Compared to the undertaking of a known and privileged Judas Iscariot, both undertakings were useful; but the useful undertaking of Judas doesn’t emanate from a useful understanding of the determinate counsel of God: ” The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born “ (Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭24‬). Likewise, none of human undertakings in the world (good, ugly, bad, wicked, friendly, hostile, etc) are useless in the economy of God’s determinate counsel; but only those who are inspired by useful understanding of God’s purposes,...