Is it really a “Risk”?

The big debate in our household has become, “How much risk should be taken?”. We are about to take on an adventure and it may be costly. The payoff could be huge, but it could also fail.

My position is: If we never take a big risk, we may never know what could have been. King David if the Bible (as a boy) ran out into the middle of a battle field with nothing more that 5 stones and a sling to fight a giant. He came back with the giants head. No one ever got ahead by leaps and bounds by playing it safe.

My wife’s position is: we took risks, we were very successful, but then we took more risks and it has drained us. No more risks…

We both live with the belief that God will always provide for us, no matter what, as long as we worship him, are doing his work, and being faithful in our giving of our money and our time. Lately though, times have gotten a little tougher for us.

I believe it’s to prepare us and educate us for what is to come. God will ALWAYS protect you with giving you knowledge so you can use wisdom when challenges come up. The thing is, in order to gain knowledge, you need to be taught. Most of our lessons in life are given to us through experiences. So sometimes the lessons are tough, which then means you will learn better and be better prepared.

So, we are moving ahead with our “risky” adventure. It could be a huge drain on what little savings we have left, and spiral us into a really rough time of hardship… and then what.

My feeling is, “So what? Let’s go for it!”. If we fail, we fail trying. I will never, ever be ashamed of saying we tried and we failed in that adventure. In the end we will have learned so much, that the chance of failing the second time around will get slimmer. The big question for me is…”What if we succeed?!?”.

We will never know if we can do it unless we try…When you were learning to walk, how many times did you fall down? Did you quit? Remember that every time you take a step. You failed a lot in the beginning to be able to walk…So why did you keep trying? Was it really a risk to take that first step, or was it the process that you needed to go through?

Can anyone truly be successful without taking those first few steps and falling down a few times? So why are you not trying?