Some risks are not worth taking

Some risks are not worth taking (Packer, 1973)

            This quote at the end of the fourth chapter of Knowing God, triggered a series of thoughts that I do not yet know how to process. After arguing on the Second Commandment, Packer discusses the sinfulness making for ourselves visible images of God, but also the sin of creating in our minds a god that would adjust to us and then naming it the Lord of Hosts.

           And I thought of me. I thought about the risks I'm willing to take that are actually right on the edge. Actions, forms of worship, interpretations of the word, forms of leadership, even fashions, which are not bad and yet they are almost a form of idolatry.


      Each time I use phrases like "well, God knows that..."  I am creating an image of God that may not be completely opposed to the Word, but is a half truth. When I say that "... God knows that..." What do I really mean? am I adjusting God to my desires?

      When I rummage excuses and explanations for my actions, it is very likely to be an action that must be subjected to the scrutiny of the Word of God, we are taking a risk. And "some risks are not worth taking"

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; 
          And lean not unto thine own understanding " Prov 3: 5 


Packer, J. I. (1973). Knowing God. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.