I saw this on JR Vassar’s blog and it resonated with me:

God rewards faith-fueled risk. No one has ever left a legacy playing it safe and no one has ever heard “Well done…” whose goal in life was to avoid pain and cost. If you pamper your life, you will lose it.

I am reminded daily of the subtle seduction this world offers. The tension between “staying the course” or choosing to “risk it all” is one that can leave us paralyzed in moments where these thoughts seem to run in opposite directions.

I am learning that trusting Jesus completely involves risking it all.  Only through faith can we learn to embrace the struggle and pain life brings. And only faith can bring us to the place where risk is our only option because control has been given to Him who knows our struggle and has overcome this world.

Amen.

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