It was my New Year’s resolution last year to start a blog for my journey of discovering how to be braver. Sadly, like many of our New Year’s resolutions, it has yet to be fulfilled. To be honest I don’t feel like I’ve done enough to speak as an expert in this exploration because bravery requires more than I realized at the start of this personal chapter. In the last four years God has challenged my trembling heart to be brave. I thought He was asking me to take charge of my life, but what I have discovered is that he was asking me to get down on my knees to take charge of my faith.
faint of heart. When you really look at what Jesus continually asks us to pursue in our walk with Him it always comes back to relationship. As I had mentioned in my last Thursday Thought, God has challenged me to give up much, because the more we draw closer to Him in relationship, the more we have to give something else up. This is true for all of our healthy relationships, but following God will require us at some point in our lives to give up everything. This would be devastating if He was an evil dictator, but He’s not. Our loving Heavenly Father wants us to trust Him with everything, holding loosely to all that is seen for the greater understanding that we are residents of Heaven belonging to Him in all that is unseen. He will never ask us to give up something that He in turn will not restore with something better. Even so, my heart must choose to be brave.
So as we start this New Year afresh, my question to leave with you and myself is, Are you willing to be brave? Will you surround yourself with the support you need to build up your faith and trust the One who is so present and yet unseen? Let’s boldly let go of things that hold us back from claiming what is truly ours in Christ. Resolve to belong to Him, not your schedule, grades, anxiety, etc, have faith and be brave.
“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.”
2 Timothy 1:7
[I am so excited to share the journey with you.Click the picture and let the song inspire some motivation.]
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