I SIN THEY PAY

2 Sam 24:24-25
24 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. 25 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. NIV
** The cost of sacrifice….. you’d think that the name itself explains what needs to happen. Yet today we find very few people sacrificing things to please the Lord. David found himself in a very dire situation after sinning. For his sin….. the people will suffer! Now I know what you’re thinking because I thought the very same thing. Why do others have to suffer for the sin of one man? The answer? I don’t know!!!! J But one thing I do know….. one man of authority can sin and the whole nation can suffer from it. What does this mean to me and you? Count the cost of your sins….. Sin will cost you every time no matter how secret you are about it. Someone including you will have to pay for what you did wrong. This country will have to pay for the abortions we are allowing our administration to sign for. There is no other way around this reaping except for repentance on the leader and those who put them in leadership. Then there needs to be a sacrifice, something that cost us to offer to God so reaping of the sin will stop. We need to show God that we are serious about repentance. What do I do now? I do as David did…. “search my heart o God and find any wicked way in me.” As a leader I walk worthy of the calling and I try to not make sinful mistakes that CFC will suffer for. How about you? What will you do?