THE DARK HOLE OF WORRY/ANXIETY Part 1

Matthew 6v25,34 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Therefore do not worry about tomorrow…”

We may all well know what it is like to feel uneasy and sometimes (almost) lose hope. Times when we perceive we are in dire need or our lives are threatened. Then there are times when we enjoy the ecstasy of our spirits soaring high like eagles. There is no pretence when we are faced with life realities that cause these emotional and practical situations. However, when we are experiencing need and life is threatened, there is no need of, and I think no excuse for, worrying in the present or the future. But how often and unawares do we slip or fall into that dark hole of worry! I say this with much reserve and respect.

MARY’S BEAUTIFUL DEED

Mark 14v6b; 8. She has done a beautiful thing to me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.

Beautiful/wonderful/good deeds may not reflect physical (lovely) appearance but they reveal and reflect someone’s thoughts and character for sure. They should of necessity be done in or out of love. For Christians, seeking opportunities for doing good to all as unto the Lord ought to be an unmistakable characteristic, Galatians 6v10; 1 Corinthians 10v24. We were “created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them”, the Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 2v10.

Now, Mary Magdalene sat at Jesus’ feet perhaps more than twice, learning, and being taught and trained as a disciple, Luke10v39-42. She loved her Lord for certain, such that she anointed him with the whole jar of her expensive oily perfume! Let us learn to love the Lord in deed and not just honour him with our lips. 

We also learn here that good deeds done by Christians are never in vain or a waste, 1Corinthians 15v58. However, let’s be careful not to do good so that we can be highly thought of or seek earthly reward or man’s approval instead of God’s. Now, could Mary have done that to anybody else? To her, it seems to have been the need of the moment not so obvious to others. Hence the reaction of scolding by those who thought it was a waste, Mark 14 v3-5. However, her mind and love were in action. Did she know that Jesus was headed for Calvary in a little while? I think so.