I had been attending a meeting and was now tired, hungry and wanting to be home as soon as possible. To travel by bus was too slow, travelling by the underground too noisy and crowded, it was going to have to be taxi. The company were paying anyway. I found a taxi rank and asked the nearest driver, ‘Are you free?’ The reply was curt, Madam, I’m not free but I’m available.’
Oops, that put me in my place. Salvation is available, to every one of us, but it is not free. It’s not us who have to pay. Christ paid the price when He gave His life at Golgotha for all who will believe. The cost is high, so high that we just can’t imagine it. We know the facts, but it is too unbelievable. The Son of God giving His life and suffering for you and me! An unbelievable price.
It is a price we can never pay, it is a sacrifice we can only accept . Salvation is available to all, but not all will accept the offer. The price is out of this world high. We cannot earn, we can only accept.