What is risk?

It is better to risk your life serving the Lord than to attempt security without him.

2 Chronicles 13:10, 16 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him...The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.

Abijah served the Lord and stood before an army twice the size of his. He declared his loyalty to the Lord before both armies. Abijah might have lost his life and the lives of his warriors. He stepped out and risked everything in the name of the Lord.

What if he had lost? What if Abijah had died? Would it have been in vain? Would it have been wasted? I don't think so. You see, life on earth is temporary. Winning or losing in battle, career, love, or competition does not determine the value of our existence. 

We will press on after this life. We will live on in the presence of the Lord or we will experience the second death. 

What we do in this life matters not for our own glory and reputation. What we do in this life matters because it sets the course for our eternity. You can walk faithfully with the Lord your entire life and lose your job or get cancer, yet your life would not be wasted. You would die one day and go be with the Lord forever. 

The question this leaves us with is this: Are you eternally secure? 

This is the most important question in life. 

You see God loves you. He created you in his image. And though you have sinned against him he desires to show you mercy. He sent his son, Jesus Christ, to take the punishment for your sins by dying on the cross. He rose from the grave on the third day to secure your eternal life. Through faith in Jesus Christ you can be saved from your sins. God will forgive you, restore you, and give you his Holy Spirit to guide you in this life. 

Will you put your faith in Jesus Christ?

Taken from reading 2 Chronicles 11-15