Gods does not desire His Children to go out of their way to look for trouble. He will come to our aid if trouble comes to us. Our responsibility is twofold...
Matthew
22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
22:39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Christ's call to follow him is a call to spiritual war:
Luke chapter 14
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25] And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
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26] If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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27] And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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28] For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
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29] Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
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30] Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
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Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
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Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
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33] So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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34] Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
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35] It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Whether we're coming to Christ ourselves or attempting to help lead others to him, we must "sit down FIRST, and consult" whether or not we can endure the spiritual war which we're about to enter into.
The only other option apart from actively fighting in the same is to "send out an ambassage, and desire conditions of peace" with the very enemies of our souls or Satan and demons.
Sad to say, multitudes of professing Christians have chosen this latter option.