Offering.

Today in service, we sang a song by Paul Baloche, titled Offering

The lyrics are pretty simple and pretty meaningful. Have a look at them:

Offering – Paul Baloche

The sun cannot compare to the glory of Your love
There is no shadow in Your Presence
No mortal man would dare to stand before Your throne
Before the Holy One of heaven
It’s only by Your Blood and it’s only through you mercy
Lord I come

I bring an offering of worship to my King
No one on earth deserves the praises that I sing
Jesus may You receive the honor that You’re due
O Lord I bring an offering to You
I bring an offering to You

What is an offering? An offering should be something that costs. You offer services for a fee, but in the course of executing those services, it costs you because you become tired. You offer a product for a fee, but it first costs you a certain amount to purchase the product. The widow in the Bible, with just two copper coins, gave her offering. It didn’t just cost her something; it was all the finances she had, yet she gave it up for the expansion of God’s kingdom.

God offered us salvation, but it cost Him something, and that something was having to send His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth, to bear our sins and die on the cross to take our place, and redeem us from certain death and eternal suffering after.

Today, when you sing “I’ll bring an offering”, what do you mean by that? Was singing it easy, or did it cost you something? Does it cause you to think whether you worship, your singing, your raising of hands, your lifestyle, your work, your studies, your ministry, is giving up something in order to live to be more like Christ?