No Risk, No Gain

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 TOPIC: NO RISK, NO GAIN

 Read Ecclesiastes 11:3-6

 MEMORISE
 He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap (Ecclesiastes 11:4).

 EXPOSITION
It is Mark Zuckerberg, the inventor of Facebook, now the world young millionaire who says, “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks”. To take a new step is what people fear the most in life, because of the fear of failure. Risk implies the chance that things might not work out the way we expect. The unknown is scary. We think to ourselves “What if the worst happens to me?” This kind of thinking is easy, but it gives too much weight to the probability of something very bad happening to us. Little wonder, Helen Killer says, “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing”.
In our memory scripture for this study, the writer criticises those who are overly cautions, using analogy of farmer with the weather condition. He remarks that the farmer who waits for the most opportune moment to plant, when there is no wind to blow away the seed, and to reap, when there is no rain to ruin a ripe harvest, will never do anything but sit around waiting for the right moment. Anyone who waits for the perfect conditions will never get anything done, for that will never happen. The work you do today might be ruined and you might have to do it over again tomorrow. In other way round, today’s work might succeed as well as tomorrow’s and if so, you will be able to reap the rewards for both (see Ecclesiastes 11:6).
Be courageously taking risks, you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be time when you fail, and both are equally important. If you win when you take risks, you will be wise. Everything you decide to do have a margin of risk. The reason is that no outcome is ever 100 percent certain and, therefore, any attempt at anything has a chance of implicit success or failure. We risk everything, everyday of our lives without knowing it. What they call risk in the secular world is what we call faith in the spiritual realm. True faith is risky in nature. The truth that cannot be denied is that you can’t get anywhere in life without taking risks. Don’t play it safe; take risks.

 PRAYER POINTS
1. I release myself from the bondage of fear that debars my progress, in Jesus’ name.
2. Lord, add more to my faith to take necessary steps that will add more value to my life and ministry.
3. Lord, we ask for the spirit of courage for all our spiritual leaders to lay good examples for their followers, in Jesus’ name.


THOUGHT OF THE DAY:
• My enemies will cry, but there will be no one to save them, in the name of Jesus.
• Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship. - 2 Kings 16:10.
• One of these days is none of these days.
• God never consults your past to determine your future.
• That the enemies are chasing you does not mean that God has forsaken you.

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