"Do It Afraid!"
Making changes and facing challenges can often brings thoughts of fear. Can I really do this? What if I fail? What will others think?
Sometimes when I face a change or challenge—like when I confront someone, change jobs, or re-evaluate priorities and commitments—I feel paralyzed with fear. Then, I spend more of my energy dreading the inevitable than actually "doing it."
In college, fear often overwhelmed me at the beginning of a new semester or when I faced a deadline or test. I would think, How can I possibly do all this in just a few weeks or days? How can I remember all those details?
But I found success as I took each assignment or test one at a time. And then, when the next test, assignment, or semester rolled around, and fear attempted to paralyze me again, I'd remind myself of my previous victories.
As I face each challenge of 2009, I pray that I'll remember to "do it afraid." I've decided not to allow the voice of fear to keep me from going forward in my life—I'm choosing to walk by faith, not by fear.
"I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).
Sometimes when I face a change or challenge—like when I confront someone, change jobs, or re-evaluate priorities and commitments—I feel paralyzed with fear. Then, I spend more of my energy dreading the inevitable than actually "doing it."
In college, fear often overwhelmed me at the beginning of a new semester or when I faced a deadline or test. I would think, How can I possibly do all this in just a few weeks or days? How can I remember all those details?
But I found success as I took each assignment or test one at a time. And then, when the next test, assignment, or semester rolled around, and fear attempted to paralyze me again, I'd remind myself of my previous victories.
As I face each challenge of 2009, I pray that I'll remember to "do it afraid." I've decided not to allow the voice of fear to keep me from going forward in my life—I'm choosing to walk by faith, not by fear.
"I can do everything through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13).
If you are actually able to revisit your accomplishments, and discover how you "won", that will be the key for processing all future problems. I completely agree with the premise that only biting off what one can chew will allow one to digest more than overloading the digestive system, and choking to death. Revisiting successes is a great reminder of how God can allow a person of average intelligence to accomplish remarkable things. Great message.
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Thanks for your comment, Dan. I like your analogy of the digestive system. I think maybe "my eyes have been bigger than my stomach" lately--as my mother used to say. And I've got to watch what I put on my plate! Thanks again!
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