Choose to risk

Jesus wasn't afraid of risk. Anyone who picks inexperienced, very human, people as world-changing disciples is taking a pretty great risk, right? Especially when the task at hand is so huge for humanity. In fairness though, Jesus tends to know what he's doing. When it comes to taking risk in our own life, we can speak to as many people, read as many inspirational quotes online, and attend as many Bible studies as possible, but there comes a time to make a decision to step out.

In Matthew 25, Jesus tells a parable of workers who were entrusted with money. The ones who went out and invested the money to gain a profit for their master were rewarded with a slice of their earnings. But the guy who chose to leave it in the ground because he was too afraid to step out and take a risk, didn't receive a reward from his master (Matthew 25:28).

Now, sometimes life is just about going through our everyday lives (which does have its purpose). But when a God-opportunity comes along to step out and invest our time/energy/money into something we can't have complete control over, what do we do? Back in Ecclesiastes it says, 'If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll never get anything done' (Ecclesiastes 11:4 TLB). Would we rather serve a God of comfortable non-action, or one of risk who gets results?



So what now? Pray for something inconvenient to come along, perhaps something that messes with your schedule. Ask God for the willingness to take the risk and do it.





— SCRIPTURE —

'Whoever has will be given more.' Mark 4:25 NIV
— SOULFOOD —

Acts 8-9, Matt 3:1-10, Ps 103:1-12, Pro 10:27-29