Luke 7:37-50 (HCSB)
37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil
38 and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant oil.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”
40 Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher,” he said, “say it.”
41 “A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50.
42 Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.” “You have judged correctly,” He told him.
44 Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair.
45 You gave Me no kiss, but she hasn’t stopped kissing My feet since I came in.
46 You didn’t anoint My head with olive oil, but she has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.
47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.”
48 Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 Those who were at the table with Him began to say among themselves, “Who is this man who even forgives sins?”
50 And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

Alabaster is a box or vessel made from Fosbroke stone used as a container for holding ointments. We may suppose that this woman had been a notorious prostitute, but she came to give her testimony in a public way and her gratitude to her gracious deliverer from the darkness and guilt of sin with an expensive box of oil.
How do we show our gratitude to the Lord for His faithfulness and goodness towards us? Our worship is important and should not be done irreverently.
Shaha is the Hebrew word for worship which refers to the worship of God. Deep worship of God is to prostrate, to bow down, crouch, lay flat, humbly beseech God, make obeisance and reverence, and stoop in total worship.
Our deep worship is the place where we take our position according to Ephesians 2:6 to declare and wage war against the enemy.
As spirit-filled and led people, we must learn to approach the throne room and the Father always in awe, reverence, and respect. We must learn to come before the Lord in reverent celebration to express our devotion to God by singing His praise with shouts of joy, songs of praise and with our substance for His unfailing love and faithfulness.
Any offering we bring to the Lord is a form of worship. This nameless woman came with an Alabaster box of oil! An expensive and unique perfume, instead of a towel, she chose to use her hair to bath the master’s feet in reverence and awe of His love. Her tears were tears both of thankfulness and reverent awe as she senses the presence of God in Jesus. Her act would have been considered improper by many and it would have taken great courage on her part to honour Jesus in this way, with a precious seed and action.
Romans 12:1 say to present our bodies—a metaphor taken from bringing sacrifices to the altar of God. The person offering picked out the choicest of the flock and brought it to the altar and presented it there as an atonement for his sin. This unnamed woman picked an alabaster box, her hair, and tears as her sacrificial offering-she literarily presented her body. We are exhorted to give ourselves up in the spirit of sacrifice as the Lord’s property as done with the whole burnt offering.
A living sacrifice—In opposition to those dead sacrifices which we are in the habit of offering the Lord.
Allow the anointing of the Lord to fuel our worship if we want to experience God’s glory. When we come into the place of deep worship, the Alabaster box worship, we create an atmosphere where nothing is impossible, where no sickness or disease can thrive, where nothing can hide and where all things are possible because of the anointing according to Isaiah 10:27 breaks every negative thing down.
When the astrologers came to pay homage to baby Jesus in Matthew 2:2,11, they came to prostrate, to express reverence because they saw his star—bringing expensive and unique offerings of worship.
What can you bring to the Master as a sacrificial offering for deep worship? Take it to the Lord as an alabaster box worship.
Shalom