We are enjoying our study, but could use some new blood in the discussion. Any takers? Let's try to polish off chapter five for next Monday (11-20). If you are behind, just jump ahead and join us in chapter five. We'll look forward to seeing some of you in church Thanksgiving week.
- Why is uncertainty about personal prosperity and safety a good thing for us?
- How would you distinguish between the risk of gambling at a casino and the risk of planting a seed in the ground? Where does motivation enter into the picture?
- You have your dream job, your dream spouse, your dream house, your dream church and your dream family. You are all healthy and life is good. At what point do these blessings get in God's way?
- List some of the apparent risks involved in doing loving deeds for others.
- Consider Piper's discussion of Israel's refusal to take the land right away. When is it riskier to refuse to take risks? Compare what Israel worried about (Numbers 14:3) with what actually happened because they refused to take the risk (Numbers 14: 31-33).
- How can God keep his promise to "supply all your needs" and to not let a hair of your head perish when some people who have claimed those promises starve or get martyred?
We are half-way through DWYL after this chapter. Looking ahead to January, we will be starting
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and possibly changing our meeting place to one that is "riskier."
2 comments:
Wow:
"The tragic hypocrisy is that the enchantment of security lets us take risks every day for ourselves but paralyzes us from taking risks for others on the Calvary road of love."
Ouch....apply pressure to my wounds to stop the bleeding please!
That statement kicked my in the face. There are so many different ways that I "risk" my life by putting things off for another day and not knowing if I'll have that "other" day. While at the same time, there are so many risks I should be taking for the glory of Christ and out of love for others.
Yeah, I read the rest of the chapter too but that really hit me.
Good work to all Ya'll who have persevered through the book this far. Peace.
Thanks for the post, Chris. Part of our discussion today was about how much riskier it is to not take Christ-focused risks. Mordecai made it clear to Esther that she had an opportunity, but he also made it clear that a sovereign God will rescue his people through other messengers if we choose to sit out. It is far worse to have to live like those whom Teddy Roosevelt called "those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
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