Is it Right to Risk for the Cause of God?

Read Luke 21:5-19 Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Year C) The big question from our gospel story is found in v. 16: Is it right to take risks for God's cause? It may not be right to risk much for personal prosperity or public prestige. Not every risk for God's cause is necessarily right, either. Jesus refused to jump off the temple, and Paul snuck out of Damascus in a basket to escape the governor.