Risky Business
“It’s a sin to live cautiously.” I heard this quote from a preacher one time. I believe what he was getting at is that if we live life in a cautious manner, where nothing is ever outside of our own power to do (that’d be hard), then we never have to rely on God. At that point, faith and trust in God is essentially worthless, because we can do everything in our own power. But we all know that it’s impossible to get through life relying on our own strength. At least it’d be impossible to live a joyous, fun-filled, life-to-the-fullest type of life without relying on God. It makes me think of the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30, Message). To quickly summarize, Jesus tells a story of a rich man who went on a trip, and entrusted three servants with money. One man received $5,000, another servant $2,000, and the last servant got $1,000. The first two servants invested and doubled the money. The last one hid the $1,000 in the ground, fearful of losing any of th...