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Skin In The Game!? 3/16/16
2 Samuel 24:18-25 (KJV)
18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
DO YOU HAVE "SKIN IN THE GAME?
To have "skin in the game" is to have incurred monetary risk by being involved in achieving a goal.
In the phrase, "skin" is a synecdoche for the person involved, and "game" is the metaphor for the actions on whatever field of play is at reference.
[1] The aphorism is particularly common in business, finance, and gambling, and is also used in politics.[1]
In this "game" called life, how easy it is to be a Monday morning quarterback!
After your favorite sports team, political figure, movie star, etc. won or lost, WE can EASILY see the reason/reasons why!
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They" should have consulted with me!!!
BUT, beloved, it was NOT you on THEIR battlefield of life.
Without political opinion, I heard one very wealthy presidential nominee ask himself a question, "WHY am I doing this!!?? I HAD life made!!!"
In the above LENGTHY Scripture reading, King David had royally sinned and in order to appease God, needed to:
2 Samuel 24:21 (KJV)
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Araunah humbly and generously offered "to GIVE unto the king" the necessary items required for David's SACRIFICE unto the Lord!
2 Samuel 24:23 (KJV)
23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
Or as often heard in Church, "Why don't you reach into the person's pocket beside you and GIVE UNTO THE LORD like you always wanted to!!!!"
How easy it is to spend other people's money!!!
BUT, as King David well knew, other people's money, efforts, and time was not acceptable then nor is it now!!!
2 Samuel 24:24 (KJV)
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
WE MUST HAVE SKIN IN THE GAME!!
It just makes common sense!!
Remember the OLD "Shake and Bake" commercial!!??
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GRANNY MADE FRIED CHICKEN-AND I HELPED!!!!"
It just makes common sense, it just feels good when YOU are an active participant in something good and worthwhile!
BUT it HAS TO cost YOU something!!
Something for nothing is usually nothing!
TODAY, do YOU have "skin in the game" for YOUR family, Church, community, country?
What is it COSTING you!!??
GOD BLESS YOU!
PASTOR DOUG
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