“What if the life you really want, and the future God wants for you, is hiding right now in your biggest problem, your worst failure…your greatest fear?”
That quote comes from a bran new book I started reading from Mark Batterson titled “In a Pit With A Lion”. What a thought!
Then I move to my daily reading from the Bible and from a devotion book, and I am reading about big risk and taking steps that lead to success. Think about your fears and how they bring risk into your life. The fact is that the things that cost us the most, give us the greatest grief and are the toughest to accomplish most of the time are the pieces of gold that we come across in life.
We want life to be easy. We are looking for the ‘easy button’ like the commercial of recent days talks about. Microwaves, fast food, Bluetooth wireless and so much more makes our culture fast past and almost unwilling to take risks.
What did Jesus risk to give us Salvation? What did Steven, one of the first deacons, risk to tell people about Jesus? What have people throughout history risked to do what God had called them to do? Not an easy answer either. Ya think?
When we think about people who go all out for God, we often find ourselves sin the book of Acts hearing these words: ”who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 15:26 (NLT)
Paul talked about another faithful man like this: “For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while trying to do for me the things you couldn't do because you were far away.” Philippians 2:30 (NLT)
Risk is not easy. It will cost you much, yet overcoming fear and failure to see challenge and risk may very well give us the greatest days and the greatest blessings we will ever know. I challenge you just as God has challenged me today. If I want to be creative, if I want to have great impact for Him, I must be willing to take huge risk.
What are we willing to risk for Jesus?
“I want you to be smart in the same way— but for what is right— using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior.” Luke 16:9 (MSG)
“Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Galatians 6:5 (MSG)
That quote comes from a bran new book I started reading from Mark Batterson titled “In a Pit With A Lion”. What a thought!
Then I move to my daily reading from the Bible and from a devotion book, and I am reading about big risk and taking steps that lead to success. Think about your fears and how they bring risk into your life. The fact is that the things that cost us the most, give us the greatest grief and are the toughest to accomplish most of the time are the pieces of gold that we come across in life.
We want life to be easy. We are looking for the ‘easy button’ like the commercial of recent days talks about. Microwaves, fast food, Bluetooth wireless and so much more makes our culture fast past and almost unwilling to take risks.
What did Jesus risk to give us Salvation? What did Steven, one of the first deacons, risk to tell people about Jesus? What have people throughout history risked to do what God had called them to do? Not an easy answer either. Ya think?
When we think about people who go all out for God, we often find ourselves sin the book of Acts hearing these words: ”who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 15:26 (NLT)
Paul talked about another faithful man like this: “For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while trying to do for me the things you couldn't do because you were far away.” Philippians 2:30 (NLT)
Risk is not easy. It will cost you much, yet overcoming fear and failure to see challenge and risk may very well give us the greatest days and the greatest blessings we will ever know. I challenge you just as God has challenged me today. If I want to be creative, if I want to have great impact for Him, I must be willing to take huge risk.
What are we willing to risk for Jesus?
“I want you to be smart in the same way— but for what is right— using every adversity to stimulate you to creative survival, to concentrate your attention on the bare essentials, so you'll live, really live, and not complacently just get by on good behavior.” Luke 16:9 (MSG)
“Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Galatians 6:5 (MSG)
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