The Disposing of Cheap Perfume

Sometimes I wonder if Jesus gets the best of us.

Life can become a routine sometimes, and by no means are our spiritual disciplines excluded from that. When repetition turns into a complacent sort of familiarity, it may take a while for us to realize that we've slipped into a monotonous sort of auto-pilot, just motioning through habits with a real risk of forgetting the value behind them. From reading scripture to corporate prayer, and from designing shirts to tithing, the team and I here at JesusBranded know what we value but are always at risk of becoming too busy to remember the substance behind what we do. By God's grace He always reminds us before it gets too late, so through that we're really learning how to lean on Him and not just our own abilities and disciplines. We just don't want to become empty of all the passion and fervor that He's blessed us with from the beginning, finding ourselves down the line as just tired hollow shells of who He intended us to be. We're so grateful that He always intervenes and reminds us exactly when He needs to.

I really do hope that when the Holy Spirit examines our hearts, that He can testify on our behalf and say that He gets the best of us. Like the woman who broke her expensive alabaster jar of pure, fragrant nard and anointed Jesus, we all hope to be earmarked for only offering our best to Him. In the words of King David, "I will not sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing."

Let's ditch the motions and cry out for our generation. It's time we do away with the cheap perfume and ask Him to reveal to us individually what it means to be at our fragrant best to Him.

We love you all, and keep you in our prayers as much as you keep us in yours!

Sam from JesusBranded