All In Daily Devotional March 23 I Will Not Sacrifice a Burnt Offering that Costs Me Nothing

 First Redeemer Church

I Will Not Sacrifice a Burnt Offering that Costs Me Nothing

 

 

“King David answered Ornan, ‘No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.’”

1 Chronicles 21:24

 

 

Sacrifice is never easy. God proved this to us on the cross with the gift of His Son. We must pay attention. What costs nothing is no sacrifice at all. 

 

What we are willing to give reflects what we pursue. What we are willing to sacrifice is the true measure of what we value. God must be our greatest pursuit. His example of giving what cost Him dearly is ours to follow.

 

Our lives are not meant for comfort and coziness. Our lives are not meant to lounge around in faith that does not follow. Convenience clouds our endeavors. We find ourselves far too satisfied with apathy and look up to find that our giving costs us nothing.  

 

This cannot be. 

 

God gave us what cost Him greatly when we did not deserve it. We are debtors, now called heirs. In response, He beckons us to sacrifice our best. Following Him in sacrifice will always cost us deeply.   

 

Where there is great love, there is great sacrifice. 

David’s lesson is our own to learn still today. 

 

Sacrifice costs. We must not allow what we lay at His feet to be partial gifts from divided hearts. Every perfume-filled alabaster jar we break there will always be worth it. 

 

How can we give anything less than our best? 

How could we withhold everything He deserves?

 

We’re All In. 

 

o   Thank You for showing us that true sacrifice is costly. Thank You for Your example.

o   Forgive us for the times we walk in comfort and convenience and forget the cost of following You.

o   Help us remember that what we give back to You reflects what we pursue most and value highest, and may that be You. 

o   Give us an opportunity to sacrifice in a way that others see Your great example and know the depth of Your grace and Your love in their lives.