discipleship ... a walk into danger and risk

Morning: Psalm 118; Jeremiah 23:16-32; I Corinthians 9:19-27

Evening: Psalm 145; Mark 8:31-9:1

Many people – police, firefighters, coastguards, soldiers – step often into danger.  Jesus teaches that if the world is to be set right, he and his disciples must be ready for danger too, even death.  Just so that their expectations are clear ... they must know that the deep-rooted evil in the world will be not be defeated without risk.  Bishop Tom Wright writes: “Jesus is not leading us on a pleasant afternoon hike, but on a walk into danger and risk.  Or did we suppose that the kingdom of God would mean merely a few minor adjustments in our ordinary lives?”