Outrun your fears.
When you have momentum, you are like a speeding train that is impossible to stop.
Your doubts, uncertainties, and fears cannot stop you because they cannot catch up to you.
When you consistently take action, when you consistently move forward, fear cannot catch up.
I rested from blogging when I got sick four weeks ago. Then, I got sick again just after a week. Then, one of our valuable team members left our company a few weeks ago and things got busy again at work.
Without momentum, my doubts and fears caught up to me.
As I start writing again, I am gripped by my fears. What if I fail my readers through my inconsistency and my lack of commitment (again)? What if I get discouraged along the way (again)? What if things get too busy at work (again)?
As I try to move forward, I have a lot of what ifs to which I don’t have answers.
But for now, all I can do is to keep on writing, to keep on working so that my fears can no longer catch up.
Are you being gripped by your doubts and fears? Keep working until they can no longer catch up to you.
You can outrun your fears by outworking them.
Be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD, your God, is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)
P.S. When you have a relationship with God that you consistently nurture, you do not give your fears any room to grow. You can also conquer your fears with the Lord.