Lose of Security, Lose of Control (Joshua)

I was reading John Piper's Don't Waste Your Life and I found some very interesting concepts that he talked about. He was speaking on risk, and what that means for followers of Christ. It was very convicting to read about as I deal with some of those ideas here in Brazil. Piper says that a life without risk is wasted. Many times we think that we have security in our lives. However, as I have hear many times, we could get hit by a car in a week or have a heart attack or get poisoned or really many different things could happen. I can't begin to imagine how real this idea has been for the Rumbold family with little Jada. But it's true, we could have a calamity happen to us at any point. Piper would argue that even though we think we have security we actually do not have very much at all. I have really been feeling this in these last few days on arrive here. I thought that I had control in America and so I wasn't nearly as worried about what might happen. Then, I lose control and I think that I have lost it all when in reality I never had much control to begin with because God is the one in control. I only had more knowledge about different situations in America than I do here. Then, I get very stressed and believe that God will not provide or that I will somehow come to much danger here. But, Piper says that we as Christians should all take risks. Not stupid ones, but ones that will help us make much of Christ. I've had a hard time believing that God will provide all that He says He will. In the book, it talks about how God will provide what we need. What do we need or what do we just want? I think that we often want more than we need. And what do we need? Piper says all we need is whatever it is that will still allow us to make much of Christ in our lives and in the lives of others. That's hard, because I want things and I want security and I want control. When I don't get that, I get very anxious and trusting God becomes hard to do. These are just some thoughts that I have been thinking and reading about lately and have helped me with dealing with some of the difficulties of living in a completely new place.