Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Chronicles 21:28-22:1
by: Angie Osborn.
It is helpful to read all of chapter 21 to gain better insight into the context of these verses. As I read chapter 21, verses 24-26 stuck out. Ornan was willing to give David the land as well as oxen, wood, and wheat for the offering. David’s response in verse 24 was to say he could not offer an offering to the Lord that cost him nothing. As we serve our Heavenly Father, we are also called to sacrifice. We are called to give our whole selves to the Lord as living sacrifices. We are called to die to ourselves, which seems scary, but we rise again in right relationship with Him and that holds many blessings!