Always Choose “No Deal”
“Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’” Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.” (Matthew 4:8-11 WEB)
“You’re going to lose it all. It’s too risky. Just take it and run.”
That’s what may be going through a contestant’s mind on the game show “Deal Or No Deal”.
In the game, the contestant is presented with many metal cases each containing a piece of paper with an amount of money written on it. In one of the many cases is a paper that reads “$1,000,000”.
If the contestant manages to narrow down his choices and keep that case with him until the end, he wins that prize money.
But just when the game is down to a few cases and the million dollar case hasn’t been eliminated yet, a mysterious ‘buyer’ will call the contestant, offering a sum of money that’s lower than the million, to convince him to take the lower amount of guaranteed money and go.
This is what the devil was doing with Jesus. He didn’t want Jesus messing around with his kingdom on earth, so he gave a counter offer, saying that he would transfer his ownership of all the nations of the world and their treasures to Jesus.
All Jesus had to do was very simple: just bow down and worship Satan.
Yes, Jesus’ eventual goal was to reclaim ownership of the whole earth back to Himself—just like how every contestant on “Deal Or No Deal” is there to win prize money.
However, to choose the devil’s method would be wrong. Obeying the devil would have corrupted Jesus and caused him to become a slave of sin.
When Satan offers a benefit, he always takes something much more precious from you.
I love Jesus’ response to the temptation: Get behind Me, Satan!”
This means that the devil was an obstacle in His way, and He didn’t even want to consider the offer.
Dear brethren, when your big breakthrough is close, demons may show up with tempting offers to sway you to settle for less.
It may appear as a lucrative but illegal business opportunity, an attractive person who is not your spouse suddenly flirting with you, or new fun friends that draw you away from Jesus.
It’s not a risk to follow Jesus. Unlike “Deal Or No Deal”, you’re not guessing where the million dollar prize is—the Holy Spirit will surely lead you from within to take the correct path, and His paths overflow with abundance (Psalm 65:11).
Like Jesus, you can say “Get behind me, Satan”. Don’t even consider his offer. He’s just a faulty signpost to walk past in your blessed journey with the Lord!
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remember your love psalm 在 Ong Ai Leng 王爱玲 Facebook 的最讚貼文
I’m always very grateful to be surrounded by angels and good people, to receive goodness and kindness from God everyday of my life.
Thank you God for bringing me to @starparkmy last night. It was a great gift to listen to the testimony of a great woman of faith, a leader of hope and an ironically Powerful yet Humble woman - YB Hannah Yeoh .
Thank you for your unselfish sharing and prayers. I’ll remember the sparrow story. Even the free sparrow is never being forgotten by God. We can we as common, as plain as we can be, but still matter to God.
Obedience is the word that touched me. Life can be so simple, decision can be so easy, future can be so secure..... only if we are obedient to God, even with very small things (as small as 🥜) I was jaw-dropped when I heard how obedient YB Hannah is to God throughout her life. Just listen and follow without understanding why even when it doesn’t make sense then.
I pray that God blessings, protection and love shower you everyday.
Psalm 139:14 New International Version (NIV)
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
Last picture: thank you Danny One ( 温力铭 ) for another photo with me. You are a man with big heart even though you don’t accept any compliments. A great man that secretly doing things to help people without wanting to be acknowledged. You inspired me unknowingly. Thank you.
remember your love psalm 在 MADE by Radw Youtube 的最佳貼文
READ!!!!!!! From growing up in Ghana where the norm is to have chemically straightened hair and doing weaves so often you hardly leave your own hair out, having conversations with friends along the lines of "I'll marry a white man so my children can have "nice" hair", school rules requiring full black students to cut their hair extremely short but allowing mixed and white students to grow theirs out (yes for real), wishing for silky curly hair like the African Americans we saw on tv, and a whole lot of other negative thoughts concerning these tresses to finally realising that something has got to change because these are all due to European standards of beauty. It's really been a journey of embracing it ALL. Gotta remember that you're fearfully and wonderfully made? Psalm 139:14
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