Do it afraid

I honestly didn't anticipate writing this blog tonight, but He has other plans. He only started it a couple of hours ago.

I don't know what you are dealing with today, what may be causing you to feel fear, but God says do it afraid. You may have read this title and thought what in the world, bear with me and I'll try to explain.

So many times we let fear paralyze us from doing what God wants us to do. We come up with every excuse in the book of why we can't do it, even though He said to do it. When in all honesty, we are just trying to justify our fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of stepping out of the comfort zone, fear of moving forward when you don't know where you are going, just plain fear in general. The hardest thing to do is to move forward even when you "feel" afraid because you know He's got your back. That however is what we have to do in order to make progress on this journey. The enemy wants us at a standstill, because he knows the more we move forward the stronger we become.

When you know God says it to do it, you can trust that He has already paved the way. Why then if we know this in our hearts, do we still let that little four letter word dictate so much? That goes back to that comfort zone thing. If you'll step out in the direction He said to do, you may feel afraid, but do it anyway.  Eventually your feelings will catch up with your actions. So many times we have that reversed and let our actions catch up with our feelings(in that case you end up stressed and frozen still).

Honesty check, taking off the mask moment...we are all afraid of something. Some of you are going to read this next statement and go yeah whatever, but here goes. I have a fear of public speaking. Yep the enemy knows it too. I am slowly making progress in that area. I get nervous and almost sick every time I do a webinar or a presentation. The feeling lasts until I get started and then peace takes over. I've learned to do my part and He comes through with His part(In other words if I will just start talking, He starts calming). I am perfectly comfortable in a room full of kids talking, but put me in a room of adults and yeah the nerves kick in. God's been dealing with this fear area because the enemy still has a hold on a part of it. (My computer screen, my phone etc. are my comfort blankets. I can speak into your life via technology or a card, I can pray for you when it's just me and God or I when I can type it out. However there is a fear when it comes to opening the mouth. That's a blog for another day though because God is still working on it and bringing me to me do it afraid moment.) The enemy will use what he can to keep you from doing what God has called you to do. (Hence the title do it afraid).

What has God asked you to do? Is there an area where you "feel" afraid, but you know God is dealing with it? Do it afraid. Step out and start, God will take it over from there.

Focused on the journey,
~Melissa