Luke 7:37-50 AMP
Now there was a woman in the city who was [known as] a sinner; and when she found out that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume; [38] and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began wetting His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and [respectfully] kissed His feet [as an act signifying both affection and submission] and anointed them with the perfume. [39] Now when [Simon] the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this Man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him, that she is a [notorious] sinner [an outcast, devoted to sin].” [40] Jesus, answering, said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he replied, “Teacher, say it.” [41] “A certain moneylender had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. [42] When they had no means of repaying [the debts], he freely forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?” [43] Simon answered, “The one, I take it, for whom he forgave more.” Jesus said to him, “You have decided correctly.” [44] Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house [but you failed to extend to Me the usual courtesies shown to a guest]; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair [demonstrating her love]. [45] You gave Me no [welcoming] kiss, but from the moment I came in, she has not ceased to kiss My feet. [46] You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume. [47] Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” [48] Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” [49] Those who were reclining at the table with Him began saying among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” [50] Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith [in Me] has saved you; go in peace [free from the distress experienced because of sin].”

Alabaster is a soft stone frequently used as a perfume container. 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 alabaster 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.
Shahah is the Hebrew word for worship which refers to the worship of God. Deep worship of God is to prostrate, to bow down, crouch, fall flat, humbly beseech God, to make obeisance and reverence, to 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 with 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 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 ointment or perfume, instead of a towel, she chose to use her hair to bath the master’s feet in reverence and awe of His love. She began to water his feet with her tears—to let a shower of tears fall on them. Her tears are 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. Vs 37
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 his flock 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 the whole burnt offering was, no part being devoted to any other use.
A living sacrifice—In opposition to those dead sacrifices which we are in the habit of offering.
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 is hidden, and where all things are possible because the anointing will break every negative thing down, Isaiah 10:27.
The astrologers came to pay the baby Jesus homage. It means, they came to prostrate, to express religious reverence because they saw his star—bringing Him expensive and unique offerings of worship. Matthew 2:2, 11.
What are you bringing to the Master as a sacrificial offering for deep worship? Take it to the Lord as an alabaster box worship.
Shalom