There’s a lot I could write about fear, but for now here is just one thing that struck me the other day. I was sat in the car thinking, I really love it here in South Africa. It’s a beautiful country, I’m loving the people we meet and the ministry we are doing. Ok so that’s nothing profound. However, rewind to 2014 and I was in Bolivia looking at World Race routes. I knew it was something I was going to do, but fear about it was majorly kicking in. As I looked over the potential routes, I saw I that a lot of them go to South Africa. A country which I’ve always heard is dangerous. It really added to my fear about going on the race.
So now just imagine I’d let that fear win. I’d have never come to South Africa. I might still have done the race, but I might have picked a route that avoided South Africa. But then I would have missed out on this amazing country, it’s wonderful people, getting to love on sweet children, and helping young adults improve their English. (as well as everything else God has in store over this next month).
So maybe, just maybe, consider that that very thing you are afraid of, might actually be the very thing you’d love? And that maybe fear is just an illusion put in place by the Enemy to try and stop you. To try and deprive you of something really good. Remember that God doesn’t invite us into fear, his invitation is always into something good.
Our squad mentor said to us last month, you can either live in fear, or in faith. So which to choose? Fear which holds us back, deprives us and others, and ultimately imprisons us. Or faith? Faith that God knows us way better than we know ourselves and when we push past fear He will have prepared something really good for us? God knew I’d love it here in South Africa, I’m so glad I chose to follow Him here.
So faith or fear? You choose…
