If you’re good, the world will want you. If they’re good, the world will want them – your children. Both look legitimate — not sinister. The invitation won’t read, “Join Babylon.” It will sound like, “Be smart. Get ahead. It’s the best thing for you.”

But watch the cost:

• A life so driven, God fades into the background.
• Accomplishments so great, salvation looks too small.
• A schedule so full, spiritual commitments are shunted to the sidelines.
• Weekends are either supercharged with activities or spent vegetating due to mental exhaustion.
• Debts so demanding that they shackle your freedom to serve.
• A heart so full of everything else, it is too drained for spiritual vibrancy and usefulness.

That’s how Babylon wins — not by force, but by fascination, not by enslavement but by enticement. However, the reality is that enticement and fascination can become a form of bondage themselves.

Daniel had everything Babylon wanted — but Babylon couldn’t have him. He purposed in his heart that he would not be defiled (Daniel 1:8). He excelled, yet he never compromised. God came first, and everything else flowed from that single loyalty.

So, whose finger are you responding to in this season of your life? The one that is pointing you towards personal success and opportunity? Or, the one that is gesturing to you, “Follow Me.”

In twelve different conversations recorded in the four Gospels, Jesus said, “Follow Me,” twenty-one times.

In conclusion, consider the words of Romans Chapter 12 from the Amplified Version:

“I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]”. Romans 12:1-2 Amplified Version

Taken from article “If You’re Good” by Peter Ramsay, Heaven 4Sure. Start living eternal now and be prepared to rule and reign with Jesus in His coming Millennial Kingdom – http://www.millennialkingdom.net