What does it mean to be daring?
When I see or hear that word, I think of action movies where there’s a person who needs to jump out of a plane, or leap from roof top to roof top, or even dive into an ocean. Inevitably, they always make a save even though it should be impossible.
The definition of Daring is to be “adventurous or audaciously bold.”
This year we are focusing on being daring with our faith. Without faith we are lost. Without daring we can’t act on that faith.
In Hebrews 11:1-3 it says,
“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Through their faith, the people in days of old earned a good reputation. By faith we understand that the entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.”
Think about that for a second, it is only through faith that we can understand the world we live in. It is only through faith that we can believe in the promises that God has given us. Take Abraham and Sarah, God gave Abraham an impossible promise that his offspring would be to numerous to count.
“And so a whole nation came from this one man who was as good as dead— a nation with so many people that, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, there is no way to count them.”
Hebrew 11:12
In the end, Abraham never saw his numerous offspring. But he did see his son Isaac, the beginning of the fulfillment of the promise. He had to have faith as he was dying that God would see his promise through to the end.
We have the privilege of seeing not only the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham but knowing that God’s ultimate promise has been fulfilled because of his promise to Abraham. We have Jesus in our lives because of that promise.
You and I have the privilege of knowing what the plan is and an idea of where we are going. We also know what our ultimate calling is to reach everyone we can with the message of Jesus our savior and the love his father has for all of us.
So, I want to call each of you to be daring. Take a deep breath and share Christ with the people around you. Pretend that you are an action hero jumping out of a plane to save someone fighting off sharks in the ocean blue. Be daring.
Bethany Thomas is the Publicity Coordinator and a contributing writer for Shaken & Stirred. She is a daughter of God, a wife, and a dog mom. When not writing for the blog, you are most likely to find her reading a fantasy novel or crafting at her home in Sapulpa, OK.
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