If you think about it, how you feel about what you pay for an item really is based on how you feel about the item.
6 bucks for a steak, good deal. 6 bucks for a pair of shoes, super deal. 6 bucks for a running cow, super good deal. See how this works?
What we give up to get something is based on what we feel that something is worth.
If we truly understood the blessings, the love, the mercy, the Life that God is willing to give us if we believe in His Son, then the amount we are willing to pay to get that would be all that we had!
How can we not give up our lives to get God?
If we are not willing to "pay" that much, then we don't really understand what we are getting in return.
What is He worth to you?
Yeah Josh this is awesome.
ReplyDeleteWe often talk about how God's grace is a "free gift," which is absolutely true, but fail to remember that though free to us it was incredibly costly to God.
Clayton King spoke this week at Summit and talked about what it means to "take up your cross." To sum up he said:
- Salvation cost us nothing, but cost God everything
- Discipleship costs us everything -> but are you really sacrificing anything if in return you get Jesus?
Well said Josh.