What percentage of your life have you sold to satan? Daniel 3 the example to be strong in God!

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.

  Today, something that struck me while listening to Hillsong is this, as I paraphrase some things Robert Jeffress preached on.

   If you opened your own business, all with your own money then you have complete control.  When to open, what to sell, who to hire, what benefits to offer, yes, it is all in your hands.

   Then, later on you fall on tough economic times and decide to offer parts of the business for sale.  Well, you maintain 51% of the business so you still have control on decisions.  However, really tough times caused you to retain 34% of the business, selling off another 17%.  Now out of a hundred votes in a board meeting you have 34 votes, and there are 66 votes you have no control over.

  Do you have control?  NO!  You have a voice, you may speak your opinion, but you have only the power of persuasion, but NO CONTROL!

  Now think of this in your spiritual life. How much of your one hundred shares have you sold to God and how much does the devil own?  When in this perspective it casts a different light.

  In Daniel 3, three Jews refused to "sell out" to the devil, in this case, Nebuchadnezzar, who built a 90 statue and all the people were told to bow down to it.  The 3 Jews were sold out to God, 100%, and refused.  They could have given up 10 or 20 percent and "pretended" to follow Nebuchadnezzar's command and no one would know.  Oops, yes, God would know, and by giving up just small percentages we become tempted to sell off just a little more.

  So, I am asking you today to take inventory of your spiritual life, your spiritual appetite, and see how much you have sold out to Jesus and what percentage you have sold out to satan.

   We need to do as the three did when they told ole Neb: “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. ¹⁷ If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us^[c] from Your Majesty’s hand. ¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

   Your sell out could be through various "pagan" ventures.  Jesus wants us all, 100%, not 34%, 50%, 75%, but 100%.  Where are you?  How much have you sold?  Food for thought. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny