Looking Foolish For Jesus

This Post is from Linda Taylor

I am sure God had me in mind when it came time to write about chapter 8. The title of this chapter is The Importance of Looking Foolish. On page 149 Mark Batterson wrote that polls have found most people’s number one fear is speaking in public, death being number two.

I’m not sure how fearful of death I am but I know when I was in high school I wouldn’t take speech because I wasn’t about to speak in front of people. Fast forward about 15 years later and I am now on a journey to follow Jesus and little by little He began stretching me in places of leadership I never thought I would go. Several years ago I was asked to be the speaker at a Women’s Aglow meeting and the closer the time go came the more nervous I became. The day before I was to go (you can be sure I was praying) God brought a statement to my attention and I knew when I read it was for me “You must do the thing you think you cannot do”. I did, He blessed my obedience and it strengthened me.

So what could be my reason for concern, but the fear of looking foolish? The author states that faith is the willingness to look foolish. If David wasn’t willing to seize his God ordained opportunity, he would never have killed a giant, Noah would never have built an ark, and Peter would not have walked on water. As it is, David killed the giant, Noah was saved from the flood, Peter walked on water, etc.

Each one of us can write our own story. I want to be with the ones that are not afraid to “chase a lion into a pit on a snowy day”. I believe you are too or you wouldn’t be reading this challenging book.

Linda Taylor