LIGHT, SPACE, ZEST--THAT'S GOD! SO, WITH HIM ON MY SIDE I'M FEARLESS, AFRAID OF NO ONE AND NOTHING. PSALM 21:1.
NAPOLEON CALLED MARSHALL NEY THE BRAVEST MAN HE HAD EVER KNOWN. YET NEY'S KNEES TREMBLED SO BADLY ONE MORNING BEFORE A BATTLE, HE HAD DIFFICULTY MOURNING HIS HORSE. WHEN HE WAS FINALLY IN THE SADDLE, HE SHOUTED CONTEMPTOUSLY DOWN AT HIS LIMBS, "SHAKE AWAY, KNEES. YOU WOULD SHAKE WORSE THAN THAT IF YOU KNEW WHERE I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU."
COURAGE IS NOT A MATTER OF NOT BEING AFRAID. IT IS A MATTER OF TAKING ACTION EVEN WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID!
COURAGE IS MORE THAN SHEER BRAVADO-- SHOUTING, "I CAN DO THIS!" AND LAUNCHING OUT WITH A DO-OR-DIE ATTITUDE OVER SOME RECKLESS DARE.
TRUE COURAGE IS MANIFEST WHEN A PERSON CHOOSES TO TAKE A DIFFICULT OR EVEN DANGEROUS COURSE OF ACTION, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. COURAGE IS LOOKING BEYOND YOURSELF TO WHAT IS BEST FOR ANOTHER.
THE SOURCE OF ALL COURAGE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, OUR COMFORTER. IT IS HIS VERY NATURE TO REMAIN AT OUR SIDE, HELPING US. WHEN WE WELCOME HIM INTO OUR LIVES AND HE COMPELS US TO DO SOMETHING, WE CAN CONFIDENTLY TRUST HE WILL BE RIGHT THERE HELPING US ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER TASK HE HAS CALLED US TO.
"THE LORD HELPS ME! WHY SHOULD I BE AFRAID OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO ME?" HEBREWS 13:6.
Archbishop Danette M. Scott, Ph.D. CEO H.O.T. WORLDWIDE MINISTRIES H.O.T. FaithWorks Worldwide
