Too Risky?
Theme of the Week: Take the Divine Dare
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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Who Said It … Ben Carson
Ben Carson had a childhood dream of becoming a physician. Growing up in a single-parent home with dire poverty, poor grades, and low self-esteem appeared to rule out that dream. But his mother, with only a third-grade education, challenged her sons to strive for excellence.
As a brain surgeon, Dr. Carson has gained worldwide recognition for successfully separating several Siamese twins, and for refining techniques for radical brain surgery to stop intractable seizures. What He Said … Too Risky?
We can't remove all risk from faith. The idea of pursuing a personal relationship with a God we can't see or touch, whose existence can't be proven scientifically, seems a risky proposition in itself to many people. Making that relationship the central motivation of your life, the foundation of your most basic values, and the inspiration of your life goals may seem an unreasonable, terrifying, even paralyzing risk.
Some people of faith pay a terribly high toll for taking a stand. Because I'm out in public doing a lot of speaking, I hear from other scientists who tell me they share my Christian beliefs but don't feel they can be public about them. It's just too risky to go against the politically correct conventions of the scientific community. I can't help wishing more of them would take heart and remember the rallying cry of the apostle Paul in the eighth chapter of Romans, "What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
Adapted from Take the Risk! (Zondervan, 2007) by permission.
Copyright © 2009 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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I want to live for something bigger than myself, Lord. Give me courage to take the risks that go with the rush of having a significant impact for your kingdom.
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