What Decision are You Delaying?
for The Hanford Sentinel
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. — 2 Timothy 1:7
It seems that nearly everything on this Earth challenges growth and expansion. People that dream big dreams about their lives, about how things can be better, about their families and the future are always challenged. Other people make sure to inform these dreamers about all the reasons why their dreams will not work. They patiently and fervently explain why the dreams simply cannot happen.
And while we are surrounded by dream-crushers on every side, there is an even bigger enemy that we must deal with if we are going to dream big and see God's purposes fulfilled in our lives—FEAR. We are experts at imagining all the worse case scenarios and tragic repercussions of big decisions. We spin glorious tales of how the imminent and unavoidable failures of our dreams will result in very massive and very public crash and burn fiascos.
It doesn't even seem to matter whether the dreams are big or small, the fears spring up like mushrooms that emerge overnight. We imagine that if we told the truth, we would lose everything. We imagine that if we make that change in our life we know we need, we would fail miserably and end up worse then before. We imagine that if we went back to school, we just wouldn't be able to hack it. And on and on.
So all too frequently, instead of moving forward into that preferred future, we stay frozen in fear. Crippled by our imaginations, we stop growing, believing and breaking through to the next thing God has for us. We stop believing what God says—eye has not seen and ear has not heard the good thing that the Lord has prepared for you (1 Corinthians 2:9)—and choose instead to agree with the voice of fear.
What fear is controlling you today? What fear is keeping you from moving forward in your life? Maybe you need to come clean in a relationship. Maybe you need to step out and grow in a new area. Maybe you need to risk losing some comfort to do that thing which is hard but is right. Don't delay it any longer. Don't wait for the perfect time, no such thing exists.
Dorothy Thompson said, "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Is it time for you to stop delaying and start living?
This weekend the pastors of Kings County would love to help you be set free from fear and move towards all that God desires for your life. Don't put it off, it may be the start of a new day for you!
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. — 2 Timothy 1:7
It seems that nearly everything on this Earth challenges growth and expansion. People that dream big dreams about their lives, about how things can be better, about their families and the future are always challenged. Other people make sure to inform these dreamers about all the reasons why their dreams will not work. They patiently and fervently explain why the dreams simply cannot happen.
And while we are surrounded by dream-crushers on every side, there is an even bigger enemy that we must deal with if we are going to dream big and see God's purposes fulfilled in our lives—FEAR. We are experts at imagining all the worse case scenarios and tragic repercussions of big decisions. We spin glorious tales of how the imminent and unavoidable failures of our dreams will result in very massive and very public crash and burn fiascos.
It doesn't even seem to matter whether the dreams are big or small, the fears spring up like mushrooms that emerge overnight. We imagine that if we told the truth, we would lose everything. We imagine that if we make that change in our life we know we need, we would fail miserably and end up worse then before. We imagine that if we went back to school, we just wouldn't be able to hack it. And on and on.
So all too frequently, instead of moving forward into that preferred future, we stay frozen in fear. Crippled by our imaginations, we stop growing, believing and breaking through to the next thing God has for us. We stop believing what God says—eye has not seen and ear has not heard the good thing that the Lord has prepared for you (1 Corinthians 2:9)—and choose instead to agree with the voice of fear.
What fear is controlling you today? What fear is keeping you from moving forward in your life? Maybe you need to come clean in a relationship. Maybe you need to step out and grow in a new area. Maybe you need to risk losing some comfort to do that thing which is hard but is right. Don't delay it any longer. Don't wait for the perfect time, no such thing exists.
Dorothy Thompson said, "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." Is it time for you to stop delaying and start living?
This weekend the pastors of Kings County would love to help you be set free from fear and move towards all that God desires for your life. Don't put it off, it may be the start of a new day for you!
posted by Andrew Cromwell at
12:47 PM
2 Comments:
Where are your Senior Pastor's sentinel articles made available on your church website? I noticed that the webmaster only ensures that the executive pastor's written stuff is available via the web. Is there a reason for this?
Good idea. I'll see if we can get his put up somewhere.
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