When the Stakes Are High
Even in Paradise, Adam and Eve couldn’t avoid risk. They would either risk trusting God or they would risk the serpent’s promise that they could become gods. The problem wasn’t with risk itself...but with whom they would trust and how they would proceed.
As a good Father, God expected them to make wise decisions together with him. He warned Adam upfront about the cost of eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. What he didn’t do was tell them to avoid any high-stakes situation.
It is the same for us.
Risk isn’t just for those with a high tolerance for adventure or the unknown. Or for those who are confident that they can face any challenge on their own. We don’t risk to validate ourselves. Risk is something we humbly enter into with God, asking him how to proceed. This is the way for both the meek and the bold because it teaches us to take each step with God, not in our own strength.
God allows us to make decisions each day that have the potential to echo into eternity. In big and small situations. When the whole world seems to be watching as well as when we’re alone. We will face and take risks multiple times each day—in almost everything we say, do, or choose.
That’s why the first tenet reminds us that risk is normal and necessary. It reflects the moments where we either place our faith and trust in the real or the artificial. When we understand how to navigate risk, we can stay fully present and calm in the chaos as we determine next steps with God.
The first step is to begin viewing risk as a normal and necessary part of creation—and your day—rather than an unexpected, unfair, unnecessary interruption that continually catches you off guard.
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