“Anything good in life puts risk into play.”

A thought by Leonard Sweet, (2014-02-21) from his book, The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work (Kindle Locations 2219-2220). Tyndale Momentum. Kindle Edition.

But we want security and safety. No way do we want risk.

Our son, Brett’s 35^th bd was this week and he was a very good thing in our life. But he was a risk. I spent time with my oldest granddaughter, Ashlyn, yesterday. Of course she is a very good thing along with Addison and Harper but they each one were a risk and they still are. But oh how they were worth the risk. The truth is you wouldn’t even be here if your parents wouldn’t have taken a risk.

“In fact”, Leonard says, “recent scientific studies have concluded that humans and organizations endure and mature, not in spite of their willingness to take risks, but because of their risk taking. For safety’s sake and security needs, we want to make the next moment like the one before it. Hence, the power of the status quo, the challenge of change, and the need to defuse our deep-seated squeamishness about risking anything at all.” But “Anything good in life puts risk into play.”

A group of older folks were asked the question in looking back on their lives, “what would you have done differently?” And one of the top answers was, “I would have risked more.”

Life is a risk from the moment we arrive on this earth but God placed that aspect into our life so we would learn to depend on Him and to follow Him into the adventure of life.

You got out of bed this morning never having lived this day. For some they got out of bed with great dread and fear while others with anticipation and joy. Let me ask you, which one enjoyed their day most and which one was most prepared to handle no matter what was in their day? There are things that happen in each of our days that are not exciting and not fun. In any adventure there are battles and difficulties but they don’t have to stop the adventure. They just become a part of it, the part where we survive and learn and grow and keep on living and exploring.

This is not heaven and it is not perfect but it is a place where we show we are worthy of going to heaven and it is a place where God has so many good things in it for us if we are willing to risk.

Well I risked your rejection by writing this today but “anything good in life puts risk into play.”

So what good is in your life that came about because you were willing to risk?

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