The Lord gave up so much for us, in fact all that He had, all that He was. He asks us for a lot in return, but the reality was before we got saved we did not really belong to ourselves, we were slaves to sin. We belonged to the Kingdom of Darkness. So when the Lord bought us off the auction block He could have paid the price and put us to work in the kitchen or working in the fields. But He paid the price and then made us sons and daughters, He adopted us into His family, gave us part of the inheritance and He wants us to represent Him on the earth.