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| I can't give what cost me nothing. |
"I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing" (2 Samuel 24:24)
What are you giving to God? We understand that salvation through Jesus Christ is free, but what we offer the Lord after that cost us. We are asked to give him our lives, our loves, and in short everything we have so that he will be the Lord of our life.
Too often people want things from God but they don't want it to cost them anything. It is like the person who wants the benefits of owning a car without buying it, maintaining it, or putting any gas in it. It doesn't work that way, and neither does salvation. Salvation is free, we can't pay for it nor can we ever earn it, but part of salvation is surrendering all of our life to Jesus. This action of surrender cost us, it cost us selfish desires and sinful actions, but the benefits outweigh the cost. It is like surrendering a broken down bike for a new truck. Yes, you don't have the bike but you don't need it. You have something better.
David understood that if he was offering the sacrifice the sacrifice needed to come from him. He needed to give up something that cost him something and so do we.
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