Aug
21
Sacrifice Investment
Filed Under Devotional
Last weekend, we joined with some folks from our house church to go serve someone in need. A small army of us did yard work and roof cleaning for a lady going through chemotherapy. A few days later, I was talking to one of the guys who helped and we joked that we wanted to drive by in a few weeks to see if the weeds had grown back.
It occurred to me that the sacrifice we made raised our interest in whether our work lasted. I realized that when I give half and hour of my time or twenty bucks, I don’t think much about it afterwards. But, when I get up early on a Saturday and give four hours of my weekend, now I’m interested. I wanted to know more about this lady and her situation. I wanted to see what else we could help with. Days later, I found myself thinking about how she could care for her yard now and whether we’d have to make a return trip.
I’m beginning to see an overlap with sacrifice and investment. When you sacrifice time, money, and emotion to help others, you’ve made an investment in their lives. If the investment is big enough, you’ll be interested in seeing if it grows.
“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” 1 Peter 2:24
God made a huge sacrifice for us and thereby made an investment in us. He cares about where we go and what we do and how we act and where our life will lead us. He is interested.
We need to follow that model and sacrifice for each other. You’ll find your interest level rising and your desire to help even more folks grow. Make an investment, a big one. Make a sacrifice. Make it profound.