The Life Foundations
Nexus
RISK MANAGEMENT
Must A Christian
Ever Take Chances?
By Dr. Michael J. Bisconti
This is a tricky question; that is, it
seems like an easy question to answer but it isn’t. First, let us make one thing clear: ONE MUST NEVER TAKE A CHANCE ON DOING EVIL! ONE MUST ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO GOOD!
HOWEVER, when having to decide what is
the “BEST good,” that is another question. There are situations where one must decide to do what they are
not sure is the best thing to do, though they must be sure it is
a good thing to do. For example,
in an emergency situation you do not necessarily have time to get all the facts
needed to make the best decision. The
following is a true story:
A little boy needed to be rescued from a
burning house. Firemen did not know the
best way to rescue the boy but time was running out. They had to make a decision based on what they knew. They knew the back of the house was burning
hotter and faster than the front of the house.
What they didn’t know was that the little boy was in the back of the house. They crashed through the front door and the
front windows of the house and searched all the rooms until they found the
little boy. The little boy was rescued.
Had the firemen known the little boy was
in the back of the house, they would have entered through the back of the house
and reached him more quickly but had they waited until they had obtained this
information the little boy would have been lost. Sometimes, you might have to make decisions that you CANNOT
POSSIBLY PROVE are the best decisions!