Risking All that we Have

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave gift out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21: 1-4

This story from Luke 21 is a illustration of complete dependance on God. An example of risking everything for God. This widow gave everything that she had financially to God, she risked all her money for the service of God. Reading this we may see her actions as irresponsible and foolish. However, we are called to take risks in the service of God. Life itself is a risk and if we want to serve God we must continually step further out of our comfort zone to grow as a child of him. We must continually take risks

Now I could keep talking about this but most of what I want to say would be paraphrasing what John Piper says on the matter. See the link below for his sermon on Ch 21 of Luke. There he talks about taking risks for the service of God, how we must take risks in our lives for the service of God, we don't need to be comfortable, but what we do need to do is to serve God in everything that we do, and to take risks for him. Financial risks, relationship risks and risks for ministry.

http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/risk-and-the-cause-of-god-today