I have been blessed to lead such amazing group of young women. Tonight at Bible study we talked about courage and what it looks like to posses courage in our daily lives. It was really challenging and left me with a lot to process.
The book my co-study leader and I are using to guide this study is "Who You Are When No One's Looking", by Bill Hybels. It's a study about character and it rocks! Tonight the focus was on courage which Hybels splits into five separate sections: courage to follow, courage in the ordinary, courage to be vulnerable, relational courage, and courage to be moral. One of the sections of the study that really got me was the need of courage to follow. How could it possibly take courage to follow? Isn't following easy? Well, no, the truth is is that following is hard. It takes courage to have faith in the truth of the Lord and trust in his goodness. In the crazy world we live in today, it would be so easy to doubt the goodness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "we walk by faith and not by sight". By this courageous faith we walk alongside the Lord. Faith doesn't require a physical thing that we can touch or see. Faith is trusting in the Lord's goodness and walking alongside Him. So what would life look like if you lived with a courageous faith? Living without fear of other's judgement, willingness to be vulnerable in conversations or interactions with others, trusting God's faithfulness through everything you experience, knowing that by having faith in the Lord all things are possible! How awesome would that be...to love the Lord so much that you had a courageous faith and shared God's love with others.
I want to live the courageous life like the stories we read in the Bible. To live without fear of vulnerability, rejection, or insecurity. To love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. How great life would be.
“You cannot sit still and expect courage to come and find you. You have to go after it.”
Love God. Love Life. Keep Walking.
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