I believe it was the missionary, C.T. Studd who is purported to have said, “I honestly do not know of anything left in my life that I have not given to the Lord.” A person such as this can spend the rest of his or her days singing, “O Happy Day, O Happy Day.”
The devil’s defeat comes when we can truthfully say to God, “All that I have is thine.” The devil’s delight is when it is recorded of us that we “kept back part.”
God is not as concerned with what we give Him, He has that, but rather what we are holding back.
Every Christian needs an indelible sign around their neck that reads: “Sold out.”
When Satan comes to tempt us to keep back something for ourselves, he should find the shelves of our lives empty and bare. If we leave him anything, it should be the dust on the shelves. He can eat that all the days of his life, (Gen.3:14).
“He is no fool, who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." ~ Jim Elliot