Sometimes, we get nervous about whether or not to get involved in something.
- Because there is always the risk of failure.
- We expect a lot from ourselves.
- And we live by the mantra: risk versus reward.
But what if there really wasn’t a risk? What if we’ve been dreaming risk up as an excuse not to try something? Or to put pressure on ourselves to ensure high performance?
In the ministry that I’m involved in, I always worry that people won’t join, that the ministry will be a failure. But guess what: even if they don’t, its not on me. It’s hard to break the performance based model we are accustomed to- but the gospel says Christ performed for us already and our acceptance is based on that- so whether or not what your involved with performs well or feels like failure when it doesn’t perform well- is no longer the issue.
- So what that does is frees us up to take base-jumping level risks.
- Since the outcome really isn’t on you, you’re free to be faithful.
- Now I’m free to risk spectacular failure for the Kingdom- because worldly performance benchmarks (i.e. how good a pastor I am) are no longer the basis for my acceptance.
So just take a chance and be a faithful servant.
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