Felt Sacrifice
Sacrifice. It’s a word we hear a lot in the Christian community, but I don’t think it’s something we always truly comprehend, especially in the western world. Here in India people offer their best sacrifices to their gods in hope for a blessing. They give their last rupee in hopes for a healing miracle. They bring special fruits and sweet treats to their gods that they themselves can’t afford to eat, but they sacrifice to the gods that they might reap a reward, a blessing, a hope of tomorrow. I often cringe at the emptiness of Hindu’s unmet reward; it breeds hopelessness, doubt, and even death (spiritual and physical). Sacrifice is not a sacrifice without giving something up. In a true sacrifice you will feel the effects of the giving. Thankfully with Christ Jesus when we sacrifice we will reap the reward He has in store for us. Perhaps the reward is simply more death to self and more of Christ alive in us. Perhaps the reward is more than we can think or imagine, but thankfull