The risk averse rarely do great things. If they do, it is by accident, or luck, or divine intervention. Thank God those are all real things because fear is also a real thing. At some point we all need a happy accident, or some stroke of good luck, or divine intervention.
And thank God we have a Savior who was not afraid to head back into towns that quite recently had tried to stone him. Yes, there were rocks and angry people to pick them up, but there were also diseases that no one could cure, and demons that no one could cast out, and sinners that no one could forgive.
If personal safety outweighs the suffering of others, where then is there hope? “Safety last” is not a bad motto if you really want to follow Christ into doing some good in the world.
