Service and Sacrifice By Paul Chappell Tuesday, May 13, 2014 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” John 12:24–26 The evangelist Gipsy Smith wrote, “A woman who was interested in Christian work in London wrote me once and said, ‘I have a meeting I want you to come to speak to. It is only a small meeting and will take nothing out of you.’ I answered, ‘I cannot come, and it would be of no use if I did come. If it takes nothing out of me it will do nobody any good.’ It is service that costs, and a cheap religion is not worth preaching.” If we are not willing to pay the price of serving God, we will certainly never accomplish anything meaningful for Him. When the plague struck Israel because of David’s sin in numbering the people, the king went out to the threshing floor of a man named Araunah to make an altar and offer a sacrifice. Araunah offered to give his ground and his cattle to the king, but David refused. “And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver” (2 Samuel 24:24). The devil tell us that the costs of serving God are too high, but he is a liar—God honors those who serve Him regardless of the cost. Today’s Renewal Principle: Though serving God does come with a price tag, the eternal results and rewards are well worth the cost.
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