Lately I can't shake this one word out of my head; when it's spoken, I immediately feel myself stand up straighter and feel hope flooding in stronger.
As if fear becomes irrelevant, and worry just melts away. As if everything that weighs me down like a boulder just disappears into dust...
Brave.
The word that holds the power to dictate almost any severe choice you make in your life. Jesus has spoken this word over my life all day long for quite some time now. Because when I hear it, think of it, or see it in action, everything changes.
Apart from it, deciding anything major becomes quite tricky. But with it, it erases every "what if" that echoes around in your fearful and unknowing heart. Because you know that no matter what could happen, you were already given the victory because of what did happen. When Jesus stamped the promise of freedom and constant hope over our life, He gave us another gift with it that we must choose to hold onto daily:
He makes us b r a v e .
His promises make us brave.
His faithfulness makes us brave.
His presence makes us brave.
Enduring anything, facing anyone, persevering through everything, we need not lose heart.
Because why would we? Who can hurt us? What can stop us?
Being brave doesn't mean fear is gone, it means that it's irrelevant. Because your focus is on the promise given rather than the emotion in your way. Our destination can't be stopped if He is leading us to it.
Stepping out into the unknown, moving somewhere new, entering a dangerous situation to help someone else, popping the bubble of comfort, fighting for justice, striving for more, giving up control, standing up for what you believe in, refusing to settle, talking to someone you normally never would, leaving behind an addiction, forgiving the person who you don't think you can, letting go of something from your past, believing the truth and standing firm in it, claiming freedom, and believing you are who God says you are because He is who He says He is....
Everyday we have choices to let our fear get the best of us, or to let our bravery be stronger. And we know that we can be strong, because the One living within us is stronger than any fear, any doubt, any pain, and any lie.
Fear keeps us in a prison, being brave leads us into life. Fear likes us to think it's impossible, it's too hard, it's too dangerous, it's too painful, it's not worth it, it could never happen.... But it doesn't want us to know that being brave holds enough power to break every chain that holds you down.... that it equips you with more strength than any weapon could conquer or word could sway. It brings freedom and hope and joy and the ability to help others see their bravery too.
All throughout my day as I'm faced with choices, when worry and fear weigh me down and convince me there's no other way, I hear His voice:
"Child, I made you BRAVE."
-Han
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