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Listen to our text today, Hosea 3:2:

"So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley." — Hosea 3:2

This is the moment the story turns. Hosea doesn't just go to find her.

He buys her. Let that sit on you for a second. His unfaithful wife. Hooking up on a street corner. Owned by a pimp.
And the only way to bring her home is to buy her back.

Underline those words, "So I bought her." And this is important. No argument. No hesitation. No condition.

The price? Thirty shekels in total—silver and barley combined. The cost of a slave.

She had fallen from wife, to object, and then to property. And Hosea steps in and pays the price, or redeems her, to bring her back. Not because she earned it. Not because she asked for it. But because he chose to love her.

This is not just a story. This is a picture. This is exactly what God does for you. He doesn't stand at a distance and call you to fix yourself. He steps in. He pays. He redeems.

The image is unmistakable—redemption always comes at a cost.

The redemption of mankind comes at a great cost, and that cost is not silver or grain. It's blood. The blood of a perfect man for imperfect humanity.

What Hosea does here is what God has done for you in Jesus. You were not rescued for free. You were not redeemed cheaply. You were bought.

If you've been treating your faith casually. If you've been drifting, cheating, and compromising. You're forgetting the price.

Today, remember: you were purchased. You were purchased because you have great value to God. See things from God's perspective and start acting like you are worth it, because God thinks you are.

DO THIS:

Take time today to reflect on the cost of your redemption and thank God specifically for what he has done for you.

ASK THIS:

1. Why is it easy to forget the cost of redemption?
2. How does remembering the price change the way you live?
3. Where might you be treating something costly as if it were cheap?

PRAY THIS:

Father, thank you for the price you paid to redeem me. Help me live in a way that reflects the cost of your love. Amen.

PLAY THIS:

"Jesus Paid It All"