Will You Take The Risk?

Three years ago I was a broken person. I felt like most people didn’t care about me or my family, I felt like people had betrayed me, I even wondered about God himself! Things were not working out according to my plan and purpose. I became bitter and resentful.

Over the last three years I have slowly come around to reconciling those issues. Things are definitely so much better now and I'll probably blog about how and why that change to place in a future post. 

One of the keys to my change of attitude  has been remembering this parable:

Jesus once told the story of a master who gave three servants each a sum of money to handle while he was away. When he returned, the first servant told the master he’d doubled the money through investments, and the second said he’d made fifty percent profit for the master.

But the third servant, in essence, said he’d been afraid the master would punish him for making mistakes, so he hid the money in the cellar until the master returned. The master rewarded the first two servants, saying those who handle small matters well will be given greater responsibility. But he rebuked the third servant, saying, “Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of. Play it safe and end up holding the bag” (Luke 19:26 MSG).

In order to live a life of faith, we must take risks. Not just any kind of risks, but ones that are specifically directed by God. These God-nudges push us beyond the border of our “State of Independence,” where we live by sight, into the “State of Grace,” where we live by faith.

When we do not live by faith, we live faithlessly. Any decision independent of God is a faithless decision. Jesus calls you to risk your life for God, but he also guarantees that God will always be waiting for you on the other side of each and every step of faith you take.

God is for you. He says, “Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of.”

Don’t get me wrong, i’m not saying every risk you take is going to end up in success and happiness according to your standards. However I do feel you will be better off in the long run because you stepped out of your comfort zone!

So...What risk should you take today?