The salesman said, “Anything I have is for sell or trade”. About products and merchandise, you would expect a salesman to say that. This morning I’ve been thinking about things not up for sale or trade in my life.
I will not trade the Kingdom of God for all this world has to offer.
I will not trade His cross for the world’s crown.
I will not trade my inheritance in the Lord for a mess of pottage.
I will not trade covenant for convenience.
I will not trade pleasing God for pleasing men.
I will not trade the approval of my Lord for the approval of my peers.
I will not trade truth for political expediency.
I will not trade integrity and character for acceptance and popularity.
I will not trade honor for approval and accolades.
I will not trade total commitment to the Lord for half-hearted nominal Christianity.
I will not trade assurance and security in Him for self-sufficiency.
I will not trade time for eternity.
I will not trade servanthood for being served, nor being last for being first.
I will not trade the church at its worse for the world at its best.
I will not trade the Water of Life to drink out of the mud puddles of this decaying culture.
I will not trade the Bread of Life for Satan’s buffet.
By the grace of God may it ever be so.
(Written June 2004)
(From “Sonlight for the Soul”, by H. Lamar Smith)
