If you live a self-centered existence, you lose the very thing you're trying to keep.

Dr. Tony Evans reminds us that a live focused inward won't bring the fulfillment we expect.

Trying to find yourself is like grabbing the wind. As soon as you grab it, you lose it.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

True greatness can often be found in the most unexpected places, like a servant's heart.

Today, Dr. Evan shows us that greatness is divine not by power or prestige, but by the humility

and love we extend to others. Let's join

him in John chapter 12 as he unpacked this powerful lesson. So now Lazarus is raised from the dead,

as we saw in chapter 11. Jesus comes to where Lazarus is and Lazarus is having dinner.

In verse 2 of chapter 12 with Martha, Mary does what Mary does best.

She is always at Jesus' feet in verse 3.

She takes a pound of very costly perfume, Purnard, and anoints Jesus' feet.

The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

This was an act of worship, and it wasn't also an act of recognition of what was about to happen to Jesus,

the anointing in light of his upcoming crucifixion.

We're now referenced Judas Ascariat, one of his disciples who was intending to betray him.

Why was this perfume not sold, 300 denarii, and given to poor people?

So he says, 200 denier, I mean, that's like almost a year's worth of everyday wages.

He says, Mary, you're anointing Jesus' feet with all the expectations. We could help out the poor.

Now, he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, verse 6 says, but because he was a thief. And as he had the money box,

he had the piggy bank, he used to pilfer what was put into it. So he's a thief. He says,

you didn't have to spend all that money on Jesus. You could have given that money to the poor, which means you could have taken that money, put it in this bank so I can have more to steal.

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