"Every God's man is called to arrange his life and decide that spiritual safety is no longer an option. The spiritually safe life is ultimately the most dangerous of all. How dangerous? Paul put it to the Corinthians this way: if you risk nothing for your faith on earth, you waste your grace."
Then Kenny shared 1 Corinthians 3:10-15:
10 According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay any other foundation than what has been laid down. That foundation is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13 each one’s work will become obvious, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire; the fire will test the quality of each one’s work. 14 If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, it will be lost, but he will be saved; yet it will be like an escape through fire.
What works of yours will be like "wood" "hay" or "straw" that will be burned up by fire and which "works" will be like "gold" that cannot be burned away? In verse 13 it says that "the fire will test each one's work". It doesn't say "many" or "various" or "others" work. It says "each one's work", which means every one of us will have our "works' tested.
Spiritual safety can lead to works that will not survive the fire.Going through the motions in our Christian walk to complete a checklist, without risking anything, is "wasting our grace." Going through the motions of a Faith Talk or Faith Walk or Faith Mission, or a Family milestone event, without bringing Jesus Christ into the center as the foundation, is "wasting your grace."
Verse 13, "Each one's work will become obvious". Verse 14, "If anyone's work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward."
Christian parenting in today's "worldly" culture requires "risk" taking. The "worldly" culture will tell you that having Faith Talks, Faith Walks, taking your family on a Faith Mission, attending a milestone event with your child or student, like the upcoming WIRED Purity for Life event, are all "a waste of time". They will tell you, "that won't work", "who does that stuff anyway?", "you can get by without taking the time to do those things with your kids, they will never know any different if you don't", "purity? in this culture?, not possible." Your children or students may tell you the same thing.
Don't let Satan and the "worldly"culture entice you to sit back in comfort and "waste your grace". Get out of your "spiritual safety zone" with Jesus Christ as your foundation, and stay the course, finish the race set before you, be a risk-taking disciple, be a risk-taking parent for Christ!
Terry Langenberg
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