READ Isaiah 55
All that salvation costs is what everyone can afford: one´s self.

INSIGHT
Coming to the Lord costs us nothing and, at the same time, costs us everything. The offer is free in that we need not give anything in exchange for our salvation. “Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (v. 1). All that it costs is what everyone can give: one´s self. Yet receiving salvation costs us our lives. We no longer have the freedom of self-determination. “Seek the Lord while He may be found . . . Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him” (vv. 6-7).

PRAYER
Nothing can exceed the importance of the salvation that the Lord offers us in Christ, and for it, praise Him:
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
His faithful love endures forever.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel  
From everlasting to everlasting.”
Then all the people said,
“Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”
(1 Chronicles 16: 34, 36).

Pause for praise and thanksgiving. Pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin:
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger;
Do not discipline me in your wrath.  
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;  
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;  
My whole being is shaken with terror.  
And you, Lord — how long? (Psalm 6:1-3).

Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind. Now pray this affirmation to the Lord:
The one who lives
Under the protection of the Most High
Dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.  
I will say concerning the Lord,
Who is my refuge and my fortress,
My God in whom I trust
(Psalm 91:1-2).

As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:

• Greater commitment to the Lord
• The work of specific Christian ministries
• Whatever else is on your heart

Close with this prayer of praise to the Lord:
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
And thanksgiving and honor
And power and strength
Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
(Revelation 7:12).