It's Risky Business

“To live without risk is to risk not living.” Brennan Manning

I have noticed that many Christians begin their life with Jesus excited and anxious to know more. Over time this begins to diminish. The believers enter into a steady flow of life, get involved in a church, read their Bibles and pray some. Yet what begins to happen is that their lives are becoming stagnant. Jesus is a part of their lives. However, there are other concerns of living to that must be taken care of.

Growth in Jesus implies taking a risk. It is moving out of our comfort zones and stagnation into the flowing stream of Living Water. As Jesus stretches us and matures us in faith, we come to realize that following Him is more than the acceptance of a set of theologically correct beliefs. A Christian lives out of the heart of Jesus. This makes life risky.

Am I willing to risk loving the unlovable?
AM I willing to risk forgiving the one who hurt me?
Am I will to risk my reputation by stepping out and being seen witnessing to the outcast, poor and lonely?
Am I willing to risk some money by giving to those who have a deep need?
Am I will to risk the investment of time in a person who is ungrateful?
Am I will to step out in faith and follow in the footsteps of Jesus and take the Truth to the one living in lies?

Living this way makes our trust in Jesus more than just a Sunday morning religious duty. We are driven to spend more than just three minutes a day with God. This moves us into deeper Water and richer faith. The Christian life becomes an adventure with Jesus!

“We’d like to stay close enough to the fire to stay warm, but are reluctant to dive in. We know we will come out burnt, incandescently transformed. Life never will be the same again. Nonetheless, we are dissatisfied with the narrow dimensions of our partial commitment. Deep within there is a longing to throw caution to the wind.” Brennan Manning in the Signature of Jesus, page 186