Sacrifice is the key to unlock things of great value
It might interest you to know that sacrifice is not just a key but the key to unlock the invisible into visible. Sacrifice is what it took God to step out for the first time going about the whole processes of creation. God wanted a relationship with man that was a huge sacrifice on God’s part making man in His image and likeness. The whole act of creation is all about sacrifice. The creation of man and the formation of man was a complete sacrifice.
27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 – And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” (Genesis chapter 1 verses 27 to 28)
5 – “And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 – But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 – And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”
The whole act of creation is all about sacrifice
Sacrifice can be defined as paying the prize to go after something that must have affected your confort for much more valuable returns.
There is nothing of value that came into scene without the act of sacrifice. There is nothing significant in life that does not pass through the act of sacrifice. If it is not sacrificial, it can be of great value. Anyone who aims to get to an enviable height should be ready to pay the prize and that should be sacrificial. There is no controversy about sacrifice being the key to greater height.
God brought forth the earth by sacrifice. Calling forth light to show forth in the midst of deep darkness was sacrifice. Separating the land from the water bodies is sacrifice. Everything great and beautiful were all brought into reality by God’s sacrifice.
If it is not sacrificial, it can be of great value
Let us quickly look at another man that paid the prize to birth a nation. He began a friend of God, not by mere choosing of friend but by sacrifice. There is no room for sentiments when it comes to paying the prize to achieve something of value. No one can become a friend of God Almighty who does not acquired that by sacrifice. If it is not sacrificial, it does not worth it.
1 – And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 – And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
3 – And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 – Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 – And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 – And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 – And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 – And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
9 – And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 – And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 – And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12 – And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13 – And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
14 – And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 – And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 – And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 – That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
18 – And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Abraham cut into the bringing forth the nation of Israel through sacrifice. Anyone who desires to create forth a territory must claim it by sacrifice. Nothing good comes easy. Nothing of value surface at ease.
Conclusion
The gospel is free, salvation is free but it comes with a cost. There is a prize for anyone who desires to live and become a true representative for our Lord and master Jesus Christ.
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