Worth the Risk
After this prayer, the building where they were meeting shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the God’s message with boldness.
—Acts 4: 31
Sometimes we will take a step of faith if there is a backup plan, if there is a safety net. While there is a place for caution, a place for prudence, and even a place for seeking the counsel of those who have lived longer than we have. But having said that, there is also a place for faith. There is also a place for taking chances and taking risks.
As we get older, we are less willing to do that. We want everything laid out for us. We want to know what will happen after this and after that. But sometimes God will say, “I am not going to tell you. I want you to just obey Me.” That is why I would rather try something and fail than never try at all. And if you do try and ultimately fail, then learn something from your failure. I would venture to say that any person who has been successful in ministry, in business, or in any other enterprise has had more than his or her share of failures and has learned something from every one of them. It has been said that the doorway of success is often entered through the hallway of failure. So if at first you don’t succeed, relax. You are just like the rest of us.
So take a chance and do something for God. If you have been thinking about starting a little Bible study at work and are unsure whether anyone would show up, go for it. If you are thinking of sharing the gospel with someone, but you don’t how they would respond, go for it. Try it. Pray about it. Ask the Lord for direction. But take a risk. Take a chance here and there and watch what God will do.
by Greg Laurie
Kent,
Thank you for your weekend devotional. Your statement of sharing the gospel with someone really hit me hard. I have had a person that I know needs to hear the gospel and have felt I am the one to share it. Like you said, not knowing how I will be accepted weighs heavy. I know I need to not think about that and pray and let God lead. Just do it! Go for it! Thanks,
Helen
I always enjoy the scriptures you are sending and they always fit perfectty to any then present situation or feeling!!!That alone is proof enough to me when i have fallen yet again of grace.
Taking risks or taking the changes theta re presented seems to be , wether or not they are “winning” ones the only way ; because you always learn ,you overcome your fear , you are humbled, you are expanding your view on life, and i do always regret the the times that i did not do something to the the ones that i did and might have even “failed”.Exept when i did not buy yet another pair of shoes!
Thank you for the amazing work you are doing.
ur message is very intresting iam the one that always afraid of taken risk but i found that things will not be done but with this mesage ihave astrong mind to do things now for Gohttp://dailyscriptureblog.com/devotional/worth-the-risk/d and my own bussiness.