“No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (v.24)
Here in chapter 24 David would not sacrifice anything to God which cost him nothing. No way is he going to approach God with his prayers and supplications for Israel with anything less than a worthy expression of his love. Therefore, he purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver, built an altar there and sacrificed to the LORD.
Similarly, God’s love for us cost Him something, His only Son. And Jesus, willingly paid that price for us, becoming our sacrificial lamb. How then can our love for Him not cost us something as well?
Scripture tells us that, “Anyone who is in Christ, is a new creation; old things will pass away; behold, all things will become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Therefore, as He begins a new work in us, we will loose interest in old habits, friends, places, activities and begin to deny our fleshly desires without even realizing it.
And there’s our cost, giving up our old sinful life. But what shall we mind if we gain Christ? What a deal!
The Truth: “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
