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“But faith is the willingness to look foolish.”

A thought by Mark Batterson from his book, Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God (p. 101). The Crown Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

We limit ourselves and even God in our lives when we are afraid to look foolish.

Mark says, “By definition, a God-sized dream is always beyond our abilities, beyond our logic, and beyond our resources. In other words, we can’t do it without God’s help. In my experience, God ideas often seem like crazy ideas. That’s how I felt when God originally gave us a vision for a coffeehouse on Capitol Hill. Frankly, we had no business going into the coffeehouse business. But it was just crazy enough to be God.”

He goes on, “I don’t know what God’s will is for your life, and you certainly need to do your homework. But faith is the willingness to look foolish. Noah looked a little crazy building a boat. Sarah looked a little crazy shopping for maternity clothes at age ninety. The wise men looked a little crazy following a star to Timbuktu. Peter looked a little crazy getting out of a boat in the middle of the Sea of Galilee. If you aren’t willing to look a little crazy, you’re crazy. And when it’s the will of God, crazy turns into crazy awesome!”

Thank you, God, on this Thanksgiving Day, that you haven’t let me not do what you wanted because it just might make me look foolish. Thank you.


So, what is it that you are afraid to do because it just might make you look foolish?  What is it?
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