Sep 15, '12 10:34 PM
for everyone
Does being courageous mean not being afraid? Not at all. If you want to fulfill your dreams, you've got to have courage. Because what stands in between you and your dreams are your fears.
Your fears can either be a Wall and a Way. For many people, fear is a Wall. When they smell fear, they run away. They give up their dreams.
For some people, fear is a Way. It's a door to a whole new world of abundance and blessing. When they smell fear, they know that abundance is near. All they need to do is walk through the door of their fear.
God gave us fear for a purpose. That purpose is to take us out of danger. But be careful with fear. Because when fear becomes overwhelming, it'll control you. When it does, fear won't only take you away from danger and death and destruction. It'll take you away from your dreams too.
You've heard this many times. Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is doing the right thing in the midst of fear.
When you heart is pounding. When your knees are shaking. When your sweat is dripping. And you do the right thing anyway. That's courage.
IT TAKES GUTS TO BE GOOD
Courage is the basic ingredient for any virtue. Without courage, you can't follow God.
It takes guts to be good. Without courage, you can't be loving, or loyal, or humble, or honest, or committed, or faithful...
Let me give you an analogy. If the different virtues are different flavors of ice cream, courage is the milk in the ice cream. You can't have ice cream without milk. It's in all flavors. In the same way, you can't have virtue without courage. Courage is in all the virtues.
Without courage, you can't even do something as basic as tithing. It takes courage to give 10% or your income to God each month. And then believe that God will stretch your money to meet your needs.
It takes courage to volunteer in a ministry, sacrifice your time - and believe that God will multiply your time.
It takes courage to disciple someone = loving the person until the person grows in his spiritual life.
It takes courage to die for someone, to live for someone... DO IT AFRAID.
By: The Feast (Kerygma)