5 things to launch in 2024 P.4

The David Alliance

 

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Michigan wins the title… smoked Washington… I loved hearing Jim Harbaugh give God credit, talk about listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit…

You might doubt his integrity… but as Jesus said If they are for me… they are for me! 

 

How to make 2024 a better launch… a better life.

 

Honesty

Delete

Systems

Risk

Keep Jesus #1

 

 

In 2012 Dollar shave club risked it… started by Michael Dubin… he bought a huge inventory of razors… and wanted to sell them on line… as a subscription… stupid, risky and now a company that sold for 1Billion… Risk… are you up for it! 

 

The greatest pastors, evangelists, soul winners.. you name it. They all practiced risk. They all took chances on trusting the word of God- and when things did not turn the way they had hoped… they kept trusting and risking. 

 

We call it faith… true, but we still need to take that step of faith which is where the risk comes in. 

 

Why Risk?

One of the best reasons is you find your tribe. You quickly find out who you are connected to in your walk and in your calling. 

Have you ever been around someone and just been bored by them? They seem like they want to live a safe, stale life… and you just don’t want to …  When someone takes risks and I hear about it, I know that is a person I want to do life with. 

They prayed for someone to be healed out in public.

They shared the gospel, they sacrificed money or time or both. They risked starting a ministry or business… Now I want to do life with that person. They understand what makes for a beautiful life. 

 

Secondly Risk is the greatest and fastest door to growth in any area, but especially in your spiritual walk. When Christ says take up your cross daily, its not just seen as a sacrifice, but also a call to risk. To be like Christ, to take up your cross is to live a life of risk. We learn from mistakes… mistakes come from risk. When we choose his will over ours we must take risks. Our will- likes comfort, ease, and the dependable. For far too long too many Christians following that example have produced weak imatiated followers of Christ. 

Risk is living on the edge… I like what Kurt Vonnegut Jr. said.

 

RISK

i WANT TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE EDGE AS I CAN WITHOUT GOING OVER OUT ON THE EDGE YOU SEE ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU CANT SEE FROM THE CENTER.  kURT VONNEGUT JR.  

 

 

Life is about experiences, memories and stories. Risk gives you a mountain of great experiences, memories and stories. I can’t tell you how many times I was faced with risk…and I would tell myself “either way, its going to be a great story”.

I was with our youth group years ago up in Minnesota by Jay Cook state park. There was a bridge there about 90 feet off the water… rapids actually. And some young guys where jumping and some were just watching. I had to do it… When I climbed up over the ledge to jump a young kid about 20 said “you are not hesitating for a second”. I replied no, the sooner I jump the sooner I can tell the story! 

 

Finally… 

Remember Jesus rewarded the risk takers not the rule keepers. Rule keepers don’t learn much of anything new, they don’t have stories to tell and they will never grow abundantly in their walk of faith. 

 

A calm sea does not produce a skilled sailor. 

 

Here is the best advice I can give you. Risk, faith, guts… whatever you want to call it… its simply a muscle that needs to be exercise to build. So start with smaller risks, build the muscle and go from there! You don’t start out on bench with 500 pounds… you also don’t start out by raising the dead… but at least start.