It Took a Sacrifice
Today’s Reading and Focal Verses: John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Yes, it’s offered freely to you, but it was at a cost to God. It required a sacrifice on His part.
Webster’s defines “sacrifice” as “the surrender of something of value for the same of something else”. God surrendered His Son for your sake that you might be saved. His Son surrendered His rights. It was His right to condemn us for our unrighteousness, but He surrendered that right.
We shouldn’t take the grace He has given us lightly. 1 Corinthians 6:20a tells us we are bought at a price. The price was God’s Son.
God, thank You for paying the price of grace.
Are you willing to surrender something of value for the sake of something or someone else?
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