David Builds an Altar
On that day Gad went to David and said to him, "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad. When Araunah looked and saw the king and his men coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?"
"To buy your threshing floor," David answered, "so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped."
Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. O king, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to him, "May the LORD your God accept you."
But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them. David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Verse 24: wow. Thank You, Lord, for speaking through the sermon this morning to me.. thank You for reminding me sometimes worship requires sacrifice. What is sacrifice? -- it's giving up something you love and cherish for something you love and cherish more.
How could I ever give You anything less than the best?
God never promised an easy ride.. just a safe landing. So this road I walk, it will be hard, but thank You for reminding me it's about sacrificing and surrendering and drawing close to You.
all to Jesus, i surrender
all to Him i freely give
i will ever love and trust Him
in His presence, daily live
i surrender all
i surrender all
all to thee, my blessed Savior
i surrender all
There is pain in the offering but You are enough for me.
