DARE TO DO MORE MY DEAR

DARE TO DO MORE MY DEAR Had one of the most fascinating mornings when my friend sent me this article. Started working on publishing it as early as 4 am that day, because I was touched and wanted to pass it on. Read on and be enthused! Circumstances of life make us weary of hope. That is something familiar to us all. Daring to believe, daring to stand for something we know deep down in our hearts, daring to channel all our energy and thoughts into that concept, idea or dream is a process and a choice. It is a choice to continue to believe, at every milestone and every stumbling block (you can surmount)*; it’s a choice that many of us shy away from making because we are afraid of being disappointed. There is that common saying: “do not let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” The thoughts “what if I don’t make it?”, “what if I’m not good enough?” “What if I am rejected?”, “what if I fail?” run through our minds creating negative reactions and putting to death whatever dreams or thoughts we may have had. Many people who come to this junction give up and settle for the familiar. They settle to do the things they have always done and succeeded at and stay in their comfort zones. They choose to be average and mediocre over what they could have become, following their hearts because they did not Dare to Hope. The Bible says “without faith, it is impossible to please God.” This is because without faith you cannot see beyond current situations to future realities. God has prepared the good works we will do before we were even created. This is God who made us in His own image after His likeness i.e. to be exactly like Him. Meaning, we get to think like Him, talk like Him, work like Him, eat like Him, love like Him, see like Him, create like Him, etc. He is the Sovereign God and He doesn’t do average work. Look around you and you will see manifestations of His persistent faith in faith. Creating the seen from the unseen, creating a being from dust and giving him life yet giving him freewill, that is insane! Or taking pain to create two completely unique individuals and somehow making them one. Numerous examples of how He doesn’t do mediocre work, the Milky Way, Niagra falls, Idanre hills, Mount Kilimanjaro, ferocious lions, majestic elephants and tiny but beautiful oysters. Even the detailed workings of the human brain! How else do we want Him to show us how much we can do? God knows that the temptation to fear will come but it is our loss if we succumb to it. Today, I challenge you. That idea, that dream you have laid aside because you couldn’t gather enough evidence to believe, go bring it out. It’s coming to you! Do you hear me? It is coming to you. Dare to believe, Dare to hope, Dare to achieve!!! Hmmm!!! is the sigh I hear as you conclude this piece, but please don’t let it end there. Move on to action. GOD IS WITH YOU.