Deal or no deal?

My teenage daughter and I often watch the game show Deal or No Deal.  It’s is a fairly well-known game show hosted by Howie Mandell and the object is to win the big prize of a million dollars.  A person chooses case after case hoping to get the smallest amount possible on the board which in turn makes the chances greater that they have the million dollar case in their possession. 
Of course there is a twist.  The dealer calls every so often to make a “deal” with the player.  The higher the chances of the million dollar case being in possession of the player the higher the deal.  It could be an offer of hundreds of thousands dollars.  That’s a ton of money, right? 
Every show the dealer makes an offer the player can’t refuse and so every show the player gives up their chance for actually having the million dollar case.  Every show, every time.
The offer gets good enough and the player quits or settles for what is being offered.   How often in life during our walk with God do we settle?  How often do we not go for the million?  How often do we not go with our gut instinct or go according to our spirit? How often do we settle for what is comfortable to us?
How often do we say DEAL because the deal is exciting? 
Over a lifetime of deals we lose to bigger blessing or greater opportunity.
We ask for God to enlarge our territory but we don’t ask for our vision to be enlarged also.
If we never ask, we never receive. 
How often can we not see beyond the new and shiny deals of today, deals that might be our regret tomorrow.
We already have whatever is neccessary to go beyond the deal. 
We already have whatever is neccessary to go beyond what is offered.
We already have whatever is neccessary to go beyond the test.
And who are you dealing with? 
Read it until you understand this message is for you.
Accept it not from me, but from your Father who equips you… 
You already have what you need to realize and to go beyond your dreams.
He has enlarged your territory beyond what you can see or feel.
Don’t settle.
Don’t give in.
Don’t take the deal.
NO Deal Howie!!!!!!

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