Now this is when it gets exciting when playing Texas Holdem. Remember we are using this popular game and its terms in a spiritual sense. The term we are looking at today is “Raise”. That is putting in the first bet in the round.
You can count on it. When you decide to play the game and play to win. That the enemy is going to raise the stakes on you, to see how serious you are at winning. Now there are various amounts you can bet. Understand this the greater the bet, the bigger the payoff. But you have to be willing to play. Look at some of these guys who were willing to play to win even after the enemy raised the stakes.
Daniel 3 - Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego and the fiery furnace
Daniel 6 - Daniel in the lions den
Job 1:6-22, 2:1-10 - All of Job’s trials
Acts 4:21-31 - The Apostles were threatened
Acts 5:40-42 - The Apostles were threatened and beaten
Acts 16:16-31 - Paul and Silas in prison
Matt.4:1-11 - Jesus in the wilderness
Matt.26:36-46 - Jesus in Gethsemane
When the enemy raised the stakes, these guys were willing to play no matter the cost. And they all came out on the winning side. And so will you if you are willing to stay in the game of life, even when the enemy raises the stakes.
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