If you’ve ever visited an automobile dealership, you’ve probably experienced the excessively zealous car salesperson. Often these professionals are helpful to the point of being overbearing and, at times, can seem almost desperate to sell you a vehicle…right now. At any cost, they will endeavor to keep you on the premises until a decision is made.

And whether they hear or refuse to hear…they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Ezekiel 2:5

There’s a reason for that. At most dealerships, the sales associates work strictly on commission. They don’t get paid for explaining a car’s features or offering test drives. They get paid only if they close the sale. If you leave in the same car you came in, they lose.

Closing the sale is a tenant of capitalism, but not of Christianity. It’s God’s will that you be Christ-like and that you speak the truth in love, but “closing the sale” is up to the Holy Spirit. Scripture plainly states that some will hear and some will refuse to hear. As you intercede for America today, remember that God is working behind the scenes in ways you may not realize. In eternity, you will see that your faithfulness won victories that you couldn’t even have imagined!

Recommended Reading: Hebrews 11:29-40