July 30
“Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord." Psalm 27:14
When are you brave? Of course, you realize that courage isn't the absence of fear -- it's taking the needed action despite fear, right? To my way of thinking, the basis for courage is faith. God will never abandon you. Mike Huckabee
The first person to step out in a new direction is viewed as the leader. And being the first to step out requires courage. In this way, courage establishes leadership.
Leadership requires the courage to walk in the dark. The darkness is the uncertainty that always accompanies change. It is the mystery of whether or not a new enterprise will pan out, the reservation everyone initially feels when a new idea is introduced, the risk of being wrong.
Many who lack the courage to forge ahead alone yearn for someone to take the first step, to go first, to show the way. It could be argued that the dark provides the optimal context for leadership. After all, if the pathway to the future were well lit, it would be crowded.
Fear has kept many would-be leaders on the sidelines, while good opportunities paraded by. They didn't lack insight. They lacked courage --Andy Stanley
Our gracious Lord understands everything about us and it is His intent to ‘be there’ for us when we arrive at those junctures in life when we are unsure of the way to go and timorous about setting forth in the determined direction. He has made plain His promise to abide with us through our life’s journey.
In Matthew 28:20, Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.” This is a clear statement of His continual, abiding presence. In fact, He doesn’t promise He will be with us merely through life, but through the scheme of things until His Kingdom comes when God’s will shall be done on earth as it is in heaven! (See Matthew 6:9-14.)
Jesus further declared in Mark 1:17, “Follow Me and I will make you fishers of men.” He is affirming here that we are to seek the lost and present the gospel message to them. In so doing, we will glean a great catch of souls who will be won into the Kingdom of Christ and who will become heirs of all that is His; they will become heirs of life eternal.
Is it not amazing that we who are lost and miserable on our own can become found and vitalized when we give ourselves to the Holy One! How wonderful that He makes a way for us—and then through us He makes a way for others who are willing to forge ahead into this most glorious journey.
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