Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

Ousea chapter 3, verses 1 and 2.

And the Lord said to me, go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,

even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of

raisins. So I bought her for 15 shekels

of silver and a homer and a lethic of barley. What a picture. God tells Josea go down to the

auction block where this woman, Gomer, would be sold as an adulteress. And God says, I want you to pay the price for her,

despite the fact that she has run off toward others instead of you. I want you to pay the price to bring her back to you.

I trust, even as I say that, you and I who know the story of the New Testament,

who know the gospel, realize this is a powerful picture of what God has done for you and for me,

we who have run after gods and idols in this world, we who have rebelled against God and our sinfulness. God

comes to us and quite literally pays the price for our sin. Jesus is the ransom, the redeemer,

the one who pays the price for our sin, not just a certain amount of money, not 15

shekels of silver and a homer and a lethic of barley, but he gives his life. He dies on a cross

so that you and I could be restored to a relationship with God. Would you just let this

reality soak in in a fresh way today?

Jesus has paid the price for you.

Jesus loves you so much.

Jesus died on a cross for you.

Let that soak in and let it lead you to fresh worship today, to fresh

thanksgiving today, to fresh realization today that you are valued by God, that you have been

pursued by God, that you are worthy in God's eyes of the sacrifice of His Son.

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