dare devil God

tonight, at orientation for new staff, we talked about taking risks
we heard comical stories about risk from older followers reflecting on major risks they took in the lives.
then we discussed the idea of taking risks for the gospel and the fears the come with that
then we prayed for each other and as we were praying I had this crazy thought - "take risks, because to risk is the character of God."

God risks.
Love risks.
God is love and love risks it all.
If you think about it, creation as a whole testifies to the fact that God takes risks. To whatever extent, creation had a choice to love God or not, humans had a choice to love their creator or not - we chose not to.
the entire bible is the story of God chasing after his creation who did not love him culminating in the ultimate risk, the incarnation.
God taking on flesh and blood.

So when we risk we are in line with the character of God, we are acting like the image we are made in.
risk scares us though - but i think there is something in a risk that makes us feel alive - maybe thats over romantic maybe not
think back to the first time you told a girl (or a guy) you like them, or leaned in for your first kiss, or just the fact that no matter how many relationships fail we continually go back for more. there's the risk we will be rejected in all those situations but somehow there is something in the risk that makes us feel alive - maybe we feel alive because we are closer to the one in whom we have LIFE and breath.

"this could go horribly wrong...but it's worth it, hands down"

so, don't live your life afraid to fall on your face - take risks, because you're made in the image of a dare-devil God