MOMENTS

One of the tragedies of so many Christ-followers (and churches) is that they want to eliminate risk. But there is no such thing as risk-free faith. Faith is synonymous with risk. ‘Believe it even though you can’t see it.’ Risky.

If I were to ASK you: ‘What are your goals five years from now,’ many would say their plan would be to lower the risk and raise the security level. But the truth is, when you’re living by faith, the risk goes up and the man-made security decreases - and many are pursuing the exact opposite of what God is calling them to - and that is safer lives.

In fact, if you would have asked Moses to tell you about the greatest moment of his life, I’m convinced he would have told you about the day he stood there in front of a very deep Red Sea while the chariots of the Pharaoh came pounding down the desert after him. Then if you would have asked him about the scariest moment of his life, I’m convinced he would have given you this puzzled look and said: ‘I just told you.’

The greatest moments often double as the scariest moments. I don’t care how awesome you are - you don’t come face-to-face with a wall of water on one side of you and a thousand soldiers with spears on horses on the other side and not experience sheer terror. That’s how life works.

So go ahead and feel the fear --- then look at your God who says, ‘The fear doesn’t have to rule you or stop you because I am with you’ --- and then take the next step.

Step out of doubt - step into security.

Step out of all the reasons why not and step into all the reasons why God says you can.

Don’t step out by sight -- step out by faith.

You do the believable - let God do the un-believable.

You do the ordinary - let God do the extra-ordinary.

You do the natural - let God do the super-natural.

You have the same spirit inside you that raised Christ from the dead.

You are blessed coming in and you are blessed going out.

There is no weapon formed against you that can prosper.

Step out of your fears - because the path to your greatest potential is often straight through your greatest fear - not around it - not under it - but straight through it.

And be blessed.