Deal or
No Deal?
Have you
ever made a deal with the devil? Ok, so it may not
be the “devil” but it could be your broker, your lender, the agent on the other
side of a deal, a building inspector etc.
Even before you make the deal you know in your gut that it is
wrong. You know what I am talking about,
in the broadest sense of the term it goes something like this……..”If you do this then I will do this”. Be careful
what you deal for you may not like it.
Oh it may feel right and may even seem like it’s the right thing to do
but, you know down deep it is not.
Not long
ago I was in this very scenario and once I put myself into it I was miserable
because I had violated my conscience.
No, it was not a matter of being unethical, it wasn’t a moral issue but
it was something that I had voiced opposition to for some time. My problem was that I was not making any headway
in that that I felt very strongly about and I found this to be my only choice
if I wanted to get my way.
Once the
deal was struck that that I had feared most happened now what do I do? I had to do something. Come to find out in the background something
was being done and verified that I had been right all along.
So, what did I learn
form making a deal with the devil? I learned to
stick to my guns and in this case the problem solved itself. Don’t violate your conscience, trust God and
take the higher road, there is someone that is seeing the same thing that you
are and they can reach the people that you are having the problem with.
Remember
you do not have to make a deal with the devil and you do not have to do the
“Deal or No Deal” either Phil. 4: 13 tells me that I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens me.
Have you ever been
there? Did you get what you want? Was it as good as you thought it would be?
