More from John Piper's book Risk is Right:
In all these things we are more than conquerors...
Romans 8.37
In our afflictions, not by avoiding them.
God does not promise enough food for comfort or life, he promises enough so that you can trust him and do his will.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4. 12-13,19
I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Hebrews 13.5
If we starve, he will be our everlasting, life-giving bread.
If we are shamed with nakedness, he will be our perfect, all-righteous apparel.
If we are tortured and made to scream in dying pain, he will keep us from cursing his name and will restore our body to everlasting beauty.
On the far side of every risk, even if it results in death, the love of God triumphs.
Romans 8.35-39: This is the faith that frees us to risk for the cause of God. It is not heroism, or lust for adventure, or courageous self-reliance, or efforts to earn God's favour. It is childlike faith in the triumph of God's love- that on the other side of all our risks, for the sake of righteousness, God will still be holding us. We will be eternally satisfied in him. Nothing will have been wasted.
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