The Voice of Adventure
Those who try to keep their lives
will lose them. But those who give up
their lives will save them.
Luke 17:33
There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it. Don’t listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won’t feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it’s to live.
Jesus says the options are clear. On one side there is the voice of safety. You can build a fire in the hearth, stay inside, and stay warm and dry and safe…
Or you can hear the voice of adventure—God’s adventure. Instead of building a fire in your hearth, build a fire in your heart. Follow God’s impulses. Adopt the child. Move overseas. Run for office. Make a difference. Sure it isn’t safe, but what is?
He Still Moves Stones
God isn’t safe! But he’s good! He’s not a librarian—he’s a lion! I believe that God offers us chances to trust him even when things don’t appear safe, and that’s when we become part of something life-changing, something world-changing.
This message stood out to me because I sometimes feel that there are people in my life who either admire me for what I do while cowering behind their own circumstances, or question my motives so that they won’t have to feel guilty about their own choices, as Max Lucado says.
There are many things that I fear in the world, things similar to what you fear. But I would encourage you to trust God enough to step out from your comfort zone into something unknown and possibly “unsafe”. Go on a missions trip to a third-world country! Invite your weird neighbour over and show them God’s loving hospitality. Offer to babysit the children of the “screaming mother” two houses down.
Oh the harvest you will reap when you sow in God’s love and faithfulness instead of your own! Can you hear the voice of adventure? Can you hear it? Answer it this time!
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