God's Great Risk
Posted by: David Bunch
Last night I had the opportunity to speak at our very last h20 service of the year (h20 is the weekly youth service at FPC of Denham Springs, LA).
I spoke about how God really takes risks in dealing with humanity. They are risks because whether or not the "pay off" for God totally depends on us.
The first risk was when He created man out of the ground, breathed life into him, and gave him the ability to make choices. Adam and Eve failed.
The second and even greater risk was when God came to earth as a man (Jesus Christ) to redeem us back to Himself. Humanity rejected Him.
The third and greatest risk of all is that God has offered to place His Spirit inside of human beings who are merely earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7).
Many reject that offer. Of those who receive the Spirit, many treat it casually, as though it were a light thing to have the eternal Spirit of the Almighty God living inside of them. This makes the great risk God took appear to be not worth it.
Our challenge is to live worthy of the gift we have received and hear God say "well done". Which is to say, "the risk I took has paid off".
Last night I had the opportunity to speak at our very last h20 service of the year (h20 is the weekly youth service at FPC of Denham Springs, LA).
I spoke about how God really takes risks in dealing with humanity. They are risks because whether or not the "pay off" for God totally depends on us.
The first risk was when He created man out of the ground, breathed life into him, and gave him the ability to make choices. Adam and Eve failed.
The second and even greater risk was when God came to earth as a man (Jesus Christ) to redeem us back to Himself. Humanity rejected Him.
The third and greatest risk of all is that God has offered to place His Spirit inside of human beings who are merely earthen vessels (2 Corinthians 4:7).
Many reject that offer. Of those who receive the Spirit, many treat it casually, as though it were a light thing to have the eternal Spirit of the Almighty God living inside of them. This makes the great risk God took appear to be not worth it.
Our challenge is to live worthy of the gift we have received and hear God say "well done". Which is to say, "the risk I took has paid off".
