by Steve Higginbotham
Generally, people like to think of themselves as being savvy and being able to “sniff out” a good deal. Many take great pride in running across a good deal, saving a few dollars, and coming out on top in a transaction. Whether it’s yard sales or the purchase of a house, we like to be able to say, “I made a good deal.”
But are we as savvy as we think we are? Consider the following proposition. What would it take for you to exchange your good health? If someone had the ability to give you anything in the world in exchange for your good health, what would it take? Would you exchange your health for 100 million dollars?
I dare say that no one would accept this offer. Why? Because it would be a foolish exchange. What good would it do us if we should gain the whole world and lose our health?
I guess you can see where I’m going now, can’t you? As careful as people are about making good deals and finding good bargains, they are often so careless with their most important possession, their soul.
What would it take to sell your soul? Here’s what I find amazing about this proposition. You don’t have to start out offering the world because people will sell out for much less than that. People will sell their souls for the contents of a bottle, a grudge, gossip, sexual relations, a lie, pride, and the list goes on.
So you see, I’m not so sure people are as shrewd as they think they are. When people place more value on their physical health than their eternal well-being, they’ve made a poor decision. When people wouldn’t trade their physical health for the whole world, yet would trade their spiritual health for the smallest of matters, they’re not as savvy as they thought they were.
Friends, the Devil has made and continues to make a proposition to you every day. His proposition is for the sale of your soul. Will you sell out? Seriously, give it some thought. What would it take for you to sell your soul? I pray we’re all as savvy as we think we are.