Will It Be Safe?
 
      Another question that people ask of the Lord when He calls them to move forward is: “Will it be safe?”
      This question comes out of our constant bleating about “security” and our everlasting desire for safety above all else.
      We ought to be prepared to the fact that faith has a disturbing element within it. In the days of Luther, when it cost something to be a Christian, the old Lutherans said: “Faith is a perturbing thing.”
      Dare we face the fact that the Word of God more often than not puts us in a place of peril rather than settling us down easily in a place of security? But most Christians in our day want to dictate to God—they will not accept a place of peril. They do not want to trust.
      Some of us have had a delightful experience with a Christian brother from England. He had formerly made money in business and never went anywhere without taking large sums with him. But the Holy Spirit began dealing with him about God’s provision and God’s resources. Sharing his experience with us, he said: “My wife and I have committed everything to God. We don’t even own a house. We have no regular income. I do the work of an evangelist and we are just out doing God’s will.
      “It is not at all unusual now for us to get in our car and travel several hundred miles with only ten dollars for expenses and not knowing what the next step will be,” he told us. “God is spending us. He will not let us down but He is holding us to it so that we will never be able to get our earthly roots in again.”
      This is the language of the confident Christian who is going on with God. That question, “Is it safe?” is an ignoble question. What is the difference whether it is safe or not as long as He is our Lord?