1 Samuel 14:1 (NKJV)
\u201cNow it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, \u2018Come, let us go over to the Philistines\u2019 garrison that is on the other side.\u2019 But he did not tell his father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As mentioned before, risk-takers are usually willing to try something new or different, or what nobody else has tried, and that\u2019s why they often meet with a lot of opposition. For this reason, many risk-takers have some common characteristics, which we will explore today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Firstly, they tend to be secretive people. Most risk-takers don\u2019t talk much or share widely, what they intend to do. The reason is obvious. If they share their plans too broadly, there will be too much opposition, and people will raise many obstacles before them. So, they choose silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secondly, risk-takers usually have accomplices. While they may be secretive, they usually need an inner caucus of people who believe in their madness. They don\u2019t need a lot of followers, but they need a few people who are crazy enough to believe. This gives them the energy to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirdly, they have a perception that most people don\u2019t have, and that\u2019s why people think they are crazy. Their eyes see things. They see possibilities. They see a reality that is unique and different. They are gifted with unique worldviews that strangely differ from everyone around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jonathan saw something nobody else saw. He had one person whom he confided in and who believed him. He chose not to tell anyone else; not even his father. He dared to go forward alone, together with his one accomplice. And the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Risk-takers have faith in something or someone. In verse 6, Jonathan said, \u201cNothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.\u201d Jonathan\u2019s faith was in God\u2019s ability to do the supernatural. He believed that God would work through him, and he stepped forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Too many people are cowardly because they lack faith. They cannot see the impossible. They are fearful because they only see today\u2019s limitations. We must refuse to belong to this company. We must be people of great faith who step out and move forward, expecting God to turn up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Samuel 14:1 (NKJV)\u201cNow it happened one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, \u2018Come, let us go over to the Philistines\u2019 garrison that is on the other side.\u2019 But he did not tell his father.\u201d As mentioned before, risk-takers are usually willing to try something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6702,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6701\/revisions\/6702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}