For you have been bought with a price… 1 Corinthians 6:20
These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. Rev 14:4
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My Sisters and Brothers, you who are His treasure,
Jesus has an encounter with a woman who had been sick for twelve years. The crowd pressed in on Him from every side when suddenly He felt power go out of Him! I always saw this story from the perspective of the woman and her faith. Now I was jolted by another perspective. Luke 8:43-46
“a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. And Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched Me?” And while they were all denying it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You.” But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me.”
Jesus is not just anyone!
Jesus is not just anyone!
Power went forth from our LORD; it cost Him something to heal. And that power which went forth from Him passed into the poor sick woman and in her it became peace. “Go in peace” He said to her. So as you pour forth power to help others, that power- if you are living deep in your Lord and Master and drinking deep of His Spirit- will pass into peace for others, healing and peace. Ac
Though I had read this many times, this was a new thought to me that Jesus paid a cost to heal her. It may be a new thought to you also. It is well to remember Jesus lived in a human body that grew weary, experienced hunger and thirst, required sleep, sweat and bled and shivered in the cold, as we do. He felt the drain of those who clamored for Him to meet their needs. The whole human experience was His. As my children were growing up there were many days I felt the drain of meeting their needs. It costs to love.
It cost God the Father to send God the Son to rescue us…
It cost the Son to leave God the Father and walk in the world He created.
It cost the Son to be placed as the seed in the womb of a young Jewess and be born in a humble stable
It cost Him to dwell among the earthly, He who possessed all the glory of heaven
It cost Jesus to be be the Lamb of God and be mocked, rejected, misunderstood, forsaken and suffer the torture and humiliation of crucifixion.
The cost was horrendous for Jesus and His Father, when the Father turned away from His Son as the sins of the world were laid on Him.
It cost His life to purchase our freedom on the cross with His blood and satisfy God's wrath against our sin.
It cost Him immeasurably to LOVE us!
Meditating on these Truths cause me to ask ‘Why would He do this for me?’ Then my heart bursts with being loved so deeply by Jesus and worship floods my soul.
These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. Rev 14:4
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. I Cor 6:19-20
What is the cost of living?
Purchased I am not my own! I must ask: ‘Does my life speak of the wonder of His forgiveness and the wonder of who He is?’ I long to be with Him now and dance before the throne. Then I concede ‘it is enough for now’ that He indwells me. “Love through me today LORD and enable me to embrace the cost. For I am crucified with Christ and death to 'self' is the cost of living for Him each day. It costs to love a lost world and those God has given us. Gifts cost something…. a gift of love will cost us precious time in our busyness and require dying to self and to pride. Choose to love.....
TODAY:
TODAY:
I will give the gift of laughter, laughing with someone is loving someone. I will loosen up and learn to laugh at myself. I’ll be fun and Dance!
I will give the gift of love and write a note to encourage or send a card snail mail or email and brighten someone’s day.
I will give the gift of really listening to someone. It is a rare gift of love that doesn’t half listen or interrupt.
I will give the gift of praying for someone and with someone.
I will give encouragement as the Holy Spirit leads.
I will give the gift of saying thank you to those who serve me in any capacity. A grateful spirit is a wonderful gift to give.
I will say I love you to someone and give an appropriate embrace.
The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ Matt 25:45 (wow! are you dancing?)
Father, Cost-payer, thank You precious One for redeeming me. I am in awe of You and the horrific cost You paid to save me. When power went out of You did it drain your body of strength and energy? Were You ever homesick for Your heavenly home? Lord I am so thankful for the cost You paid; for You understand the hurts we live in our earthly walk. Thank You for your nearness and comfort. In Jesus
Bought with a price,
az
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