I love the word purchase. This word is made up of 2 words; pursue and chase.
Think about what you do when you purchase something. You get in your car, drive to the store, walk into the store, find the thing you want, pay the price for it, take it to your home, use it, it is yours. Right? So, what did you do? You pursued it and chased after it, paid for it, and made it your own.
When the Word says in Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
This is exactly what our King has done for everyone on the face of the earth.
He walked toward us by coming from heaven to earth. He paid/redeemed us for a price (shedding of innocent blood), by willingly giving His life. Then He made everyone His own who wants to put on the wedding garments that He provides for us.
Then He says let Me use you, for My purposes. You are mine. Why? Because I paid the price for you.
Remember dear ones, you are loved with an Everlasting Love and with Everlasting Arms that reach as far as the East is from the West (from infinity to infinity).
You have been PURCHASED.
“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you.Before you were born I set you apart.I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”
Psalms 22
| 2. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? [You are] far from my salvation [and] from the words of my moaning. | ב. אֵלִי אֵלִי לָמָה עֲזַבְתָּנִי רָחוֹק מִישׁוּעָתִי דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגָתִי: | |
| 3. My God, I call out by day and You do not reply, and at night I do not keep silent. | ג. אֱלֹהַי אֶקְרָא יוֹמָם וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה וְלַיְלָה וְלֹא דוּמִיָּה לִי: | |
| 7. But I am a worm and not a man; a reproach of man, despised by peoples. | ז. וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא אִישׁ חֶרְפַּת אָדָם וּבְזוּי עָם: | |
| 8. All who see me will mock me; they will open their lips, they will shake their head. | ח. כָּל רֹאַי יַלְעִגוּ לִי יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה יָנִיעוּ רֹאשׁ: | |
| 9. One should cast his trust upon the Lord, and He will rescue him; He will save him because He delights in him. | ט. גֹּל אֶל יְהֹוָה יְפַלְּטֵהוּ יַצִּילֵהוּ כִּי חָפֵץ בּוֹ: | |
| 10. For You drew me from the womb; You made me secure on my mother's breasts. | י. כִּי אַתָּה גֹחִי מִבָּטֶן מַבְטִיחִי עַל שְׁדֵי אִמִּי: | |
| 11. Upon You, I was cast from birth; from my mother's womb You are my God. | יא. עָלֶיךָ הָשְׁלַכְתִּי מֵרָחֶם מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אֵלִי אָתָּה: | |
| 12. Do not distance Yourself from me, for distress is near; for there is none to help. | יב. אַל תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי כִּי צָרָה קְרוֹבָה כִּי אֵין עוֹזֵר: | |
| 13. Great bulls have surrounded me; the mighty ones of Bashan encompassed me. | יג. סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִים רַבִּים אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרוּנִי: | |
| 14. They opened their mouth against me [like] a tearing, roaring lion. | יד. פָּצוּ עָלַי פִּיהֶם אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף וְשֹׁאֵג: | |
| 15. I was spilled like water, and all my bones were separated; my heart was like wax, melting within my innards. | טו. כַּמַּיִם נִשְׁפַּכְתִּי וְהִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הָיָה לִבִּי כַּדּוֹנָג נָמֵס בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי: | |
| 16. My strength became dried out like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my palate; and You set me down in the dust of death. | טז. יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ | כֹּחִי וּלְשׁוֹנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֹחָי וְלַעֲפַר מָוֶת תִּשְׁפְּתֵנִי: | |
| 17. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encompassed me, like a lion, my hands and feet. | יז. כִּי סְבָבוּנִי כְּלָבִים עֲדַת מְרֵעִים הִקִּיפוּנִי כָּאֲרִי יָדַי וְרַגְלָי: | |
| 18. I tell about all my bones. They look and gloat over me. | יח. אֲסַפֵּר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָי הֵמָּה יַבִּיטוּ יִרְאוּ בִי: | |
| 19. They share my garments among themselves and cast lots for my raiment. | יט. יְחַלְּקוּ בְגָדַי לָהֶם וְעַל לְבוּשִׁי יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָל: | |
| 20. But You, O Lord, do not distance Yourself; my strength, hasten to my assistance. | כ. וְאַתָּה יְהֹוָה אַל תִּרְחָק אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי חוּשָׁה: | |
| 23. I will tell Your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise You. | כג. אֲסַפְּרָה שִׁמְךָ לְאֶחָי בְּתוֹךְ קָהָל אֲהַלְלֶךָּ: | |
| 24. You who fear the Lord, praise Him; all the seed of Jacob, honor Him, and fear Him, all the seed of Israel. | כד. יִרְאֵי יְהֹוָה | הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל זֶרַע יַעֲקֹב כַּבְּדוּהוּ וְגוּרוּ מִמֶּנוּ כָּל זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל: | |
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