Women On The Frontlines: A Call To CourageSample

I’m in the Army Now

Many believers have the wrong concept of courage. The enemy has fed us a lie that says courage means being without fear and that if we struggle with fear, then we must not be courageous enough. That is absolutely not true. All of us, even the most courageous among us, must deal with fears.

True courage means acknowledging fear, turning it over to God, and pressing ahead despite it. Courage means regarding the dream as more powerful and worthwhile than the fear that would keep us from it. Courage arises out of the security of knowing who God is and our identity in relation to Him.

By ourselves we are weak and can do nothing. But because He dwells in us, we have His power, wisdom, and courage. As we walk with Him, we understand more and more how much He loves us, and He begins to reveal His heart to us. We can take courage from these things. Courage arises from confidence in the vision the Lord has given to us; it comes from the quiet place of contemplation before the Lord where He visits us and speaks to us.

Courage comes out of resting in his strength. Courage also means taking one step at a time without demanding to know the complete journey up front. We tend to want to have everything mapped out in advance so we can know what we’re getting into before we start. God rarely works that way. He says, I’m not going to tell you what it looks like at the end. I’m only giving insight for right now. Trust Me and follow Me.

There is a reason God does this: walking one step at a time builds faith. God knows that our puny little brains can’t handle the whole picture all at once. Sometimes God speaks things to us that seem so overwhelming that we can’t see how in the world He will ever do it. Yet He pours out His grace and leads us one step at a time. We take that step and then watch for the next one. The Lord will open a doorway of grace to enable us to take the next step and the next and the next. As we walk this way, our faith grows and so does our courage.