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Risk...

Risk is nothing new. People do it all the time. In fact, risky behavior is almost seen as cool in many ways. Did your school have "that guy" that would always accept a dare? How about the person that always takes things to the edge? Yeah... risky behavior is seen as "cool" in may ways. But for some reason, it's really not seen that way when it comes to one's spiritual life. The only risk given in this context is someone doing missions in Africa, or something. But what about life here... in the here and now? Naw, in the here and now, we seek to play it safe. We want to make sure that the bills are paid, that business is usual, etc. Is it any wonder why the church does not experience the great works of God we see in the Bible? Where is our faith? Its kept under lock and key in our bank account, our career, or our reputation.

I believe that faith in Jesus, being a follower of Jesus, is risking it all! Risking our money, our career, our reputation. It's a tough jump, but it's one he asks us to make:

Luke 9.23-25:
Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Risk can kill you.
Playing it safe an kill you.
Either way, you're gonna die. lol
But, you will die with different results, won't you?

When I am flat on my back, at the end of my days, I hope I can rest in the fact that I gave God my life for Him to use, that I obeyed when he called, and that I lived an adventurous life following Him!