Facing Our Fears

Fear is a dream thief! We fear what we don’t know…we fear what we don’t understand. So many awesome and worthy goals go unmet because we are afraid to reach for them or to see them through. Nelson Mandela once said that it isn’t failure that scares us but that we are great beyond our imagination that scares us. When God gives us that vision of who we can be it is sometimes so amazing that we can’t believe. Immediately our minds begin to give us reasons that it can’t be so we don’t have to do it. Our minds say “wait” or “you can’t do that right now because….” or whatever we tell ourselves when we feel the urge to reach for a goal. We often settle for what is safe and tell ourselves we have time to do that thing that scares us later. I’ve decided today in the wee hours of the morning to face my fears. To stare fear in the face and say, “Yes I’m scared so what?!” I’m going to feel the fear and do it anyway! There is destiny on the other side of our fears. There is so much promise of fulfillment if we just try. God will do the rest I’m sure of it!

I believe it’s those dreams or goals that scare us the most that hold the most potential for blessings and prosperity in our lives. God has not given us a spirit of fear….fear comes from the enemy. The enemy is trying his best to stand between you and what God has planned for you. I was watching an interview of new rap sensation Drake, he said everything he’s ever done that led him to this success initially scared him to death. We can’t be scared to be all God wants us to be…well we can be scared, but we’ve got to do it anyway. Please join me in reaching for our destiny! Our children and the generations that follow are counting on us to take calculated risk and show them the way.