It Didn’t Cost God Anything
When I consider the remarkable world that I live in. I am amazed by one fact. It did not cost God anything to create it. His power and might are such that the efforts of creation 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 expense at all for God when He flooded the whole world or gave Sarah a baby. It did not affect His budget at all when He parted the Red Sea. Knocking down the walls of Jericho also did not affect His budget. His bank account did not shrink at all 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.
The Cost
When I consider the tremendous future I have 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 enough to save me. The prophets He sent to teach me could not impart eternal life. And His words to shine light into my darkness could not brighten my way. In order 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, and 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.
“The Mighty One, God the Lord, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth. Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: “Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah”
Psalms 50:1-6 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.50.1-6.NKJV
Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
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