Gifts That Are Too Big

Lazarus, after his trip through Hades, gave Jesus a feast in his home in Bethany (John 12). His sister Mary took a pound of nard, an expensive fragrant oil, and anointed Jesus with it. Judas said that he thought that was too much money to waste on Jesus. Well, he didn’t say that exactly, but that is what he said by what he said. How stupid.

I’m wondering, though, about the time in Matthew 25 when Jesus said that when the goats had avoided blessing Him and when the sheep had succeeded at blessing Him, it was when they thought they were avoiding or blessing poor people and sick people and criminals. I’m wondering if we’re saying the same thing Judas said when we say those people, whoever they are in our lives on any given day, don’t need too much time or money or attention wasted on them.