Jesus Paid it All
When I consider the remarkable world that I live in, I am amazed by this fact. It cost God nothing to create it. His power and might are such that the creation efforts were nothing to him. The words that He spoke to bring the light from darkness did not leave Him with any fewer words. The breath that He breathed to give life to man did not leave Him with any less breath. He is limitless. And in His omnipotence, there will never be less of God than there has ever been.
No, there was no cost for God when He flooded the whole world or gave Sarah a baby. He parted the Red Sea, and it did not affect His budget. Knocking down the walls of Jericho also left His budget unchanged. His bank account did not shrink when He made deposits of courage in the heart of a giant fighting shepherd boy or an evil queen-fighting prophet. It does not matter what God does, He has never been broke or tired or diminished by His expenditures.
When I consider my tremendous future in God’s Kingdom, I am struck by this one fact. It cost God everything to purchase my salvation. The Ten Commandments He gave to guide me were not capable of saving me. The prophets He sent to teach me could not impart eternal life. And the words that He spoke to shine light into my darkness could not brighten my way. To save me, God had to give all.
So, He did. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Your value, my value to Him is immense. He gave His all, His very Son, His very self to purchase your pardon. He redeemed you from certain death. His love for you cost Him everything. Please don’t waste His tremendous extravagance. Give your all to Him, because He gave His Son for you.
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
email-douglas@pavementendsministry.com
From the Bible
“Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
For the administration of this service not only supplies the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God, while, through the proof of this ministry, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men, and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the exceeding grace of God in you. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”
II Corinthians 9:10-15 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/2co.9.10-15.NKJV
