What significance does courage hold in the midst of a life-changing decision?
I’ve been thinking a lot about courage lately and what it has meant to me since I decided to embark on this incredible journey. I read an article titled “change while living abroad” that one of my dear squad mates posted a few weeks ago. One thing the author said seemed to stand out to me the most:
“…courage makes up about 10% of life-changing decisions. The other 90% is purely about wanting it with all your heart. From the moment we decide to jump, we’re no longer cowards nor courageous – whatever comes our way, we deal with it.”
To me, the author is saying that it is not courage that fuels her life-changing decisions, but rather the pure desire to want something with everything she has. Courage is great, but resting on it alone is not what should move me forward. It is the desire in my heart that God has given me that drives me in my pursuit to reach the lost and broken with His love. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4). When it comes down to it, courage has little to do with our decisions.
The big decisions are a little scary. Yeah I said it, “I’m scared!” I encourage you to make those life-changing decisions that we all seem to come to and stick with them. There have been a few times I have found myself thinking that I have no idea what I am doing or that maybe I am not brave enough. BUT I am a child of the King and He is directing my path. So, what have I to fear? I’m sure that I will come across many challenges during my trip that will give me a whole new meaning to the word courage. For now I simply find it in my Lord, because on my own I don’t have enough to even get on the plane.
Whoever this is for,
My prayers are with you,
Bailey
