Reasonable Price

God doesn’t own just a part of your life. He owns it all. He made you. You are His child, so you belong to Him. 

 Do my children belong to you? Certainly not! Same thing with my other possessions. If I allowed you to drive my car and you complained because I asked for the back seat and all you wanted to give me, the owner, was a little trunk space, I would look at you like you were nuts. It is your privilege to drive my car, but I have the pink slip. 

 If at the end of the day, you want to complain and bargain with me, and finally give me the entire trunk, you insult me. It’s my car, so I tell you, “Hey, this is your reasonable service.” 

That’s what God calls your life given in service to Him – “reasonable” service. 

 Now, what’s real is that all of us bargain with God from time to time. It’s not just you. It’s all of us, but God helps you to have a right mind on this issue. The cure to the destructive pattern of thinking that “God wants too much out of me,” is to do a proper assessment of who owns your life. 

 For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20 

 Boo-yah! Jesus purchased you from the devil, a terrible tyrant, with His own blood. You are now a slave to Christ! But don’t worry, He has assured us His “yoke is not heavy” and His “burden is light.” 

 What Jesus did for you requires a reasonable service to the Lord – a life dedicated to serving Him and His Kingdom. He is always at your side to help you.