“Salvation is free, yet it costs your whole life.”
The grace that God gives is something we do not earn by our works or good deeds. It is a priceless gift that He gave us. It is free. It is from His very heart of love that we receive it. Not because of who we are, but because of who He is. It’s free!
But the gift of salvation is like receiving a new life, a new being. How do you receive this new self fully? By resigning your old self. Thus, salvation costs your life: your plans, your dreams, your desires. Receiving salvation calls for a new life: His plans, His dreams, His desires, His will.
It’s not the trimming of the thorns, but the uprooting of the flower and planting a new seed. It’s not just giving up our mistakes, our filthiness, our badness, but also giving our good, our strengths. It’s the cost of giving our whole selves.
Salvation is free. But to fully know it, it costs our life.