Faith over Fear

                                "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it" -Bill Cosby 

That is my life motto as I submerge myself into different endeavors.  These words come from comedian Bill Cosby, and serve to remind us that we're not willing to truly take important risks until our desire for what we want surpasses the fear of potential failure. 

I have these constant thoughts of what I could accomplish but then I start to compare myself to other people. I doubt myself, encourage others and forget what God has called me to do. This past week I had to attend a week long Residency/Immersion with my cohort. My first class stuck with me the entire time. It challenged my Faith and my fears. It showed me that I was depending on man to validate my calling when my actual calling comes from God and God alone.  For some odd reason I started to equate the validation of a human being with the favor of God. So I took a step back and I told myself that it was time to face facts and fears and press forward to what God has called me to do. 

So with 140 days to go. I am still on this journey to 25. Looking for renewal. Focusing on the future and building this amazing space for children, youth, and adults a like. Stayed tuned. A 5K is on the horizon. 

What fears are eating you alive? How can you overcome them? Lets love each other family. 

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Romans 2:28-29

28 A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29 No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.
New International Version (NIV)



 .....God is more interested in our internal, spiritual condition.  The apostle Paul talks about a “circumcision of the heart”, one that isn't merely “outward and physical” (Romans 2:28-29).  this circumcision involves God cutting away everything in our lives that doesn't bring glory to him.  He will strip away our pride and self reliance.  He is teaching us to trust in him alone. Before we can claim the territory for God that He has promised us, our hearts will have to be circumcised. We have to go under the knife.  We have to choose to take some costly steps of obedience to really follow Christ in audacious faith. the lesson from the circumcision of Joshuas'  generation is equally important but a little more subtle: until you humble yourself and submit your heart to God’s process of renewal, you cant go forward into the next victory He has planned for your life. Before God can bring His promises to pass in your life, He has to strip away all the stuff that keeps you from trusting Him wholeheartedly.  And that stuff is on the inside.  God’s invisible work in you prepares you for His visible works through you. When God comes toward you with the flint knife remember that he’s not out to hurt you.  He’s aligning your desires with his desires so that he can accomplish the impossible in your life.

Steve Furick, Sun Stand Still 

....to be continued