Fear

Every game day we have chapel in the morning before our shoot around. This week spoke to me so I decided that I would write about it and share my thoughts on our subject of fear. We were referring to the story in the bible on how God was delivering the Israelites and sending them to the promised land. 12 men went to search out the land and they saw that there were people living there. 10 of the 12 men were astonished by the size and might of the people that were living there and instead of trusting in God's plan that this was their promised land, they didn't want to face the challenge of acquiring the land from those that lived there. So this had me thinking about some of the things that we may fear in our lives. We all have fear of something in our lives regardless of where we are in life. Is it fear of failure? success? providing? Whatever your fear may be, one thing that we don't realize is that fear is doing nothing positive in our lives. Fear is only creating a sense of negativity around our lives that can cripple us. We become so caught up in our fear that we becoming shackled to that thought of fear and become a prisoner to that fear. What do you fear? For me personally, I've always had a fear of failure. I've always been a pretty confident person and confident in my abilities, but at times I'm scared of what will happen to me if I fail. If I fail will I be able to get back up and try again? Or Will I fail and crumble into a downward spiral of negativity? I have to believe that I will be the man that gets back up and continues to try because I believe that is my nature. But I know not everyone has that belief in their self, and I hope that this can help them overcome that fear. There's a saying that the worst part about failure is if you don't ever try because of your fear in failure. Even the famous quote, " We have nothing to fear, but fear itself". Instead of putting all our feelings and our complete self into that sense of fear, we must put all of our being into FAITH. FAITH? Yes, faith! Have the faith in your abilities that whatever your a poised to do in this life, that you will do it to the best of your ability and that you have that same faith that you will be successful. Don't fear failure! Don't fear anything because that is the perfect opportunity for the enemy to attack that fear and make you doubt yourself. One of the worst things that we can do as human beings is doubt ourselves because once you do that, then your done! No one can take away that doubt in your mind but yourself. Yes people can help chip away at that doubt, but ultimately it is battle within yourself. You have to stand up and say, " I will not doubt myself, I will not live in fear, but I will live in FAITH". Do you want to be shackled, crippled, chained by your fear? Or Do you want to be free, confident, and faithful that God has placed you on this earth for a reason and whatever that reason is, you will fulfill that calling and be successful in the process. The choice is up to you! Live in fear or dwell in FAITH?