By Steve Higginbotham
Most people like to think of themselves as being shrewd and making good bargains. 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 a yard sale, the purchase of an automobile, or the purchase of a house, we like to be able to say, “I made a good deal.”
That desire to “make a good deal” has caused me to think. I began to wonder if people are as shrewd as they think they 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 a new car? A home? 100 million dollars? How about fame and universal recognition?
I dare say that no one would accept such a proposition, no matter what was offered. Why? Because it would be a foolish trade? 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 we are about making good deals and finding good bargains, we are often so careless with our most important possession, our soul.
What would it take to get you to trade your soul? Here’s what I find amazing about this question. You don’t have to start out offering the world, because people will sell out for much less than that. People will sell their soul for the contents of a bottle, a grudge, gossip, hatred, sexual relations, a lie, and the list goes on.
So, I’m not so sure that we are as shrewd as we think we are. When we place more value on our physical health than our eternal well-being, we’ve made a poor decision. When we wouldn’t trade our physical health for the whole world, yet would trade our spiritual health for the smallest of matters, we’re not the good bargainers we thought we were.
Every day, the Devil propositions us with a trade. Is your soul for sale? Give it some thought.