Can I be too cautious? - Caution/cautiousness - TouchPoints

Ecclesiastes 10:9When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you! When you chop wood, there is danger with each stroke of your ax! Such are the risks of life.

Psalm 91:5-6Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness, nor the disaster that strikes at midday.

Joshua 3:13-17“The priests will be carrying the Ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth. When their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will pile up there in one heap.” . . . Now it was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river’s edge, the water began piling up . . . Then all the people crossed over near the city of Jericho. Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Lord’s covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by them. They waited there until everyone had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

Life is filled with risks. If you never take any risks, you might miss out on God’s plan for you. However, it takes wisdom to know when God is asking you to take a risk. As noted above, never be hasty and always ask for advice from godly people. You can be too cautious when you let fear control you to the point where any risk seems too great. When you move forward in obedience to God, you experience the privilege of watching him work through you.