As the writer of Hebrews looks back on those from the Hall of Faith, we cannot help but notice that these were people who took risks, as far back as the Patriarchs:
11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
Noah took a risk. As he built the ark, he made himself and his family the laughing stock of the world around him. In our day, people would have sought to have him committed. He also spent years of his life, and his family's life, building this big boat, which if God's instruction did not come true, would have been a useless vessel to inherit.
Abraham also took a risk, heading out from the place where his inheritance was. He went to the land that God told him to, but also travelled around, trusting in God to give his descendants his inheritance in His time and way.
Looking at both these men, and their families, and the succeeding examples that follow, we get a clear picture that living by faith, trusting God, following Christ, means taking risks of obedience.
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