When we have been captured by the abundance of Divine Love, we have no choice but to offer abundance in return. What else can we do? We have been so overcome and overwhelmed that the only possible response is overflow. It is the way we were made. If we live out of abundance, we will offer abundance. If we live out of scarcity, all we can offer is scarcity.
Mary is a prime example. (John 12:1-8) She is
so overwhelmed and overcome by the love of Jesus that her heart overflows with a
grand and extravagant gesture of uninhibited love in return. That’s the way love works. “We love because he first loved us.” (1 John
4:19) Thus, she takes the treasured contents of her alabaster jar and pours it all
out on the feet of Jesus.
Judas, on the other hand, is
operating out of the scarcity of self.
Therefore, all he has to offer is criticism. He does not understand the heart that has
been seized by the power of the Great Affection. Thus, his heart is a mass of fear, anxiety,
and insecurity. That’s what pours
out. His life has become nothing more
than a desperate grasping for what he cannot ultimately reach. It’s is quite a contrast: abundance or
scarcity.
What about you? Where do you see
yourself in this story? Which person
best describes your life these days? Are
you living out of the abundance of God’s unfailing love, or out of the scarcity
of your own limited resources? And if
you are not sure, just take a look at what’s overflowing from your life; that
will give you a pretty good indication.
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