I Dare You

I dare you to risk that God actually means that you're a new creature right now.

I dare you to believe that God is crazy about you- right now!

I dare you to believe that God never, ever leaves your side- no matter how bad you get.

I dare you to believe that you are not on God's "B" team.

I dare you to believe that you don't have to do penance after you fail.

I dare you to believe that you don't have to put on appearances because God knows exactly the pace of your maturity.

I dare you to believe that you are considered blameless- right now- even though you still act out in wrong ways.

I dare you to believe that you are godly because you share this new nature fused with the God of the universe.

I dare you to believe that God doesn't keep a logbook of your offenses- bringing them up to you from time to time.

I dare you to believe that God is never disgusted with you.

I dare you to believe that God is never ashamed of you. Never. Ever.
(from 'TrueFaced', see November 18 post)

The boys from Switchfoot put it so much better than I ever could in their song,

"I Dare You To Move"

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistence
The tension is here
Between who you are and you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

http://www.switchfoot.com/bl/a_beautiful_letdown/dare_you_to_move.mp3