Willing To Risk

 

Me:  Prodigal, I think it is risky for you to get to close to Conley’s….

Prodigal:  Sometimes you just have to take the risk.

 

This is from the book Believe and Rejoice by James Gills M.D.

 

Everybody knows you must take risks to be successful by earthly standards.  What we risk in order to make anything of our lives spiritually is even greater.  We have to risk worldly success, risk losing our feeling of independence, and risk giving up control of our lives.  But what we gain is so great that the risks pale in comparison.  Charles Swindoll asked, “Are you willing to risk as much to make a difference as you are willing to risk to make a dollar?”  To be truly relinquished we have to risk it all.

Yes, we risk without knowing the outcome.  That is taking a risk, because we trust God with the outcome and our lives.

 

Psalm 47:7

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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