God's "risk takers". Biblical Noah was an enormous "risk taker", suffering much at the hands of his contemporaries to accomplish God's purpose.
After Noah, there was Abraham, a tremendous "risk taker". He began by pulling up stakes and leaving his home community in an era when folk just didn't readily do that sort of thing. And to compound matters, he didn't know where he was going in a specific sense; but, generally, Abraham had in mind a spiritual objective. It was a mighty high objective and would require of him that he be willing to put his Son of Promise, Isaac, to death.
This was all part of the journey Abraham was on and with the act of being willing to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, he demonstrated that his was a radical faith in which he would hold nothing back from God. Thankfully, the actual sacrificing of Isaac was not required, but, in type, Abraham had done the actual deed in his heart and God saw it.
Similarly, all other persons who would come to "know" God in a very personal, and vital way must take a risk as did Noah and Abraham. If you've not known yourself ever to have taken a "leap" of faith, then simply check a dictionary definition of the word, "faith". Happy "risk taking".
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