Thinking about what we learn from Mary’s example, we move into the next event recorded in John 12:1-19, where we see a whole different motivation for why people worship Jesus.What a difference there is in the way Mary worships Jesus from the way the crowds worship Jesus. Mary is worshipping Jesus for who he is and letting him define who he is and what he is about, while the crowds on that Lamb Selection Sunday, or what we now call Palm Sunday, are worshipping him for who they want him to be.This is what can make our worship of God a dangerous act. Do you and I realize that worship is one of the most dangerous things we do spiritually, as whenever we move into worship, we enter a realm of risk?When we worship, we cross over into territory where the primary risk comes not from God, but from ourselves. When we worship, we run the risk of approaching God in ways which are not pleasing to him.