Insulated Western Christianity is waking from the dreamworld that being a Christian is normal or safe. More and more, true Christianity is becoming what it was as the beginning: foolish and dangerous. “We preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles” (1 Cor. 1:23).
–John Piper
I hope that you are struggling with God regarding how to live foolishly and dangerously for Him – holding loosely to the things of this world while holding so very tightly onto Him.
Too often we find that we have chosen the opposite – a continued hope and prayer for our safety and blessings and comfort over our radical obedience, no matter the cost, to the Great Commission. I am so glad that so many before us were willing to live dangerously for their belief in Christ. And I pray that God will continue to help me see how to live in radical obedience to His Word, not focused on myself and my insignificant kingdom that will end when I die, but rather that I focus solely on building us His eternal Kingdom.