As I was researching the topic of risk this past month, I discovered that in the Old Testament the concept of risk is evident in all the Bible characters from Noah to Abraham and Isaac to Nehemiah. It is amazing to see those that are listed in Hebrews 11 (click here to check it out!) are those that "put it on the line." In fact it says,"Through acts of faith, they toppled kingdoms, made justice work, took the promises for themselves. They were protected from lions, fires, and sword thrusts, turned disadvantage to advantage, won battles, routed alien armies. Women received their loved ones back from the dead. There were those who, under torture, refused to give in and go free, preferring something better: resurrection. Others braved abuse and whips, and, yes, chains and dungeons. We have stories of those who were stoned, sawed in two, murdered in cold blood; stories of vagrants wandering the earth in animal skins, homeless, friendless, powerless—the world didn't deserve them!—making their way as best they could on the cruel edges of the world."
WOW! Sounds risky... but real exciting from where I sit. Makes me not want to sit any longer. I pray that all of us would gain an inspiration and courage to take up the challenges that the Lord would lead us to. Use the gifts God has entrusted you with today.
Put them on the line!
Van
p.s. If you can't read the Helen Keller quote above here it is: "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
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"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
I like that. It helps me
re-think what my day could look like, what it should look like.
That's good stuff.
I would add an obscure quote that goes along with this flow of thought; "No matter where you go, there you are." I mention this not because it's one of my less brilliant works, but it reminds me that in being here and engaged in the moment, I must risk everything in order to fully experience the moment. If we believe that life is a daring adventure, then we must engage it fully no matter where we are, willing to risk it all.
Cheers,
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