There is really no good, earthly reason why I became a Christian.
According to the world, I didn’t need God. I had everything I needed. I had a great family. I had friends. I’ve had a career planned out since I was four years old.
Everything in my life made sense and was shaping up to work out perfectly. I wasn’t missing anything.
It didn’t make sense that I “needed God” but that’s just it- the gospel doesn’t make sense in an earthly way. The love of Jesus, His mercy and grace, His sacrifice- none of those things make sense.
The Bible says to give until you barely have enough for yourself and then to give more.
The Bible says to love people who treat you like dirt and to keep loving them and treating them like a friend.
It doesn’t make sense. It goes against everything our humans brains logically think.
“Faith makes a fool of what makes sense, but grace found my heart where logic ends. When justice called for all my debts, the Friend of sinners came instead (from “Here Now” by Hillsong).”
It didn’t make sense but God captivated my heart when I didn’t think I was missing anything. His grace was overflowing for me when I put aside the logic of the world that told me I didn’t need it.
Jesus dying on the cross for all of the sinful people on this Earth doesn’t make sense but He did it anyway. He didn’t deserve death but He suffered for me.
Similarly, sometimes God calls us, as Christians, to do things that don’t make sense to other people but God’s promises aren’t based on logic, they are based on love.
So, that leads me to the title of this blog- I’m a flight risk. No, I’m not awaiting trial for anything, nor am I trying to escape anything- quite the opposite actually.
I’m a flight risk for the gospel. I am willing to pick up and move my life to wherever the Lord calls me. Does that mean I’m going to move abroad? No, not necessarily- God can use me in Texas just as much as He can use me in any other state or country. Being a flight risk simply means that logic, success, and my comfort zone no longer rule my life.
The king of the entire universe is holding me in His hands and promises that He will provide for all I need if I truly trust Him.
I’d be lying if I told you that I’m not scared for what the future will bring- I’m human and trust is hard. Logic tells me to go to vet school, get a job at a clinic where I can earn a very nice living, find a husband, have a family, and live happily ever after. That’s what makes sense. That is the world tells me I should do.
But I am not living for this world.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
I don’t know what the future holds- God might call me to do what is logical. Or He might not. I simply know that I will trust in the Lord and even if it scares me, I will follow His call. In the eyes of the world, I’m a flight risk, but in the eyes of God, I’m a precious daughter.
“It makes no sense but this is grace, and I know You’re with me in this place (“Here Now”).”
