The “Flip or Flop” Principle

Last week I was doing something unusual: I was watching TV during the day. I was home sick so my TV was tuned to a channel that I enjoy: HGTV. The show of the day (and I literally mean all day) was “Flip or Flop.”

I enjoy watching them take run-down houses and turn them into pretty homes for a profit. I also enjoy watching a couple – read: not me and my husband – differ on the spending-versus-return-theory involved. She always wants to buy higher end finishes to maximize the potential profit whereas he wants to do nice enough to guarantee a quick sale. It’s fun when it’s not you!

Often in the program, the husband makes the statement that “the bigger the risk, the bigger the potential reward.” This made me think about our spiritual lives. What are we willing to risk? Am I willing to risk my comfort level to invite someone to worship? Am I willing to risk my reputation to stand up for God’s laws? Am I willing to risk my friendships if the potential reward is an eternal soul saved?

You see, God already took all of the biggest risks. He risked His heart when He created man and gave him (us) free will (Gen. 3:8-9). He risked a second disappointment in man when as He placed the rainbow in the sky (Gen. 8:21-22; Gen. 9:16). Over and over again He took the risk as He gave mankind chance after chance to see that His way is best. In all culminated in the risk He took in sending His only Son (John 3:16).

But, you see, in God’s eyes, all of that great risk was worth the potential reward – your soul. What will you risk for Him?

“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” (1 John 4:9-11)

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AUTHOR: Amber Tatum