No life without sacrifice

There is a deep truth that is older than the bible, a truth that was true before the bible was written, a truth the bible was written to reveal. A truth that was there at the beginning of time that actually shapes life and existence. It's a truth that can help us understand and navigate life if we grasp it's deep significance. This is the truth...

There is no life without sacrifice.

It's a truth the modern world has almost forgotten, a truth the modern world tries to cover over with red-tape and OH&S thinking that we can get through life without cost - but it's still there, hiding in the pages of history.

We see this truth at work in parents - who must give for their children. Who must sacrifice to bring up the next generation. Husbands and wives must 'give up' so much of themselves to create a marriage and if they don't do this, the do not create a marriage; the two can not become one of the two never sacrifice.

We see this truth so simply in nature where for one animal to live, another must give their life. Our own Sunday Roast cannot happen until the chicken dies. Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed.

Perhaps it is only in war where we acknowledge this truth - where we honour the sacrifice of our soldiers. Otherwise we want to live in the delusion that we can get through life with our lives!

All ancient religions were based on this deep truth. They all understood, there is no life without sacrifice. If this is a deep truth, then it reveals an even deeper truth...

There is no eternal life without a perfect sacrifice.

This cosmic truth [no live without sacrifice], stitched into the fabric of reality from the very beginning - was preparing us for the one who would reveal the even greater truth on a wooden cross on the outskirts of Jerusalem.

We can live in denial of this truth and think we can save ourselves, that we can get through life without sacrifice - we can't. Until we acknowledge this truth, and submit to it and the one who is this truth, we will always be fighting against the very fabric of reality.

If this reality is true, what is your sacrifice?