“The courage we often need to engage our greatest challenge can be found only in the midst of engaging that challenge.”

A thought by Erwin Raphael McManus from his book, Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment (Kindle Locations 1884-1885). Kindle Edition.

That is so true. The courage I needed to write this new post didn’t come until I took the risk and copied the quote and put it on a blank Microsoft Word document and started writing. Then it started happening. If I would have just searched and not made a decision to do it I would never have started. Courage comes from the action.

There is an old movie called The Ten Commandments that has Charlton Heston playing Moses a major character from the Old Testament. It shows some slaves coming out of Egypt who are chased by the leader of Egypt with his army and these people come up to the Red Sea and they are trapped. Now Moses tells them that God has told him that if they step into the Red Sea everything will be OK. They did it I think more out of fear than courage But as they walked into the Sea the water started making walls on both sides of them and their courage then got stronger and they walked across on dry ground. Their courage came after they started.

What great opportunity are you facing but you are waiting for the courage to step out? If that is true, then you probably won’t do it. You are looking for it, reading books about how to get it, maybe even praying for it but you haven’t found it. Maybe this thought is what you needed to realize. The courage you are looking for can be found only in the midst of engaging your challenge. So step out as if you have it and then you will get it.

So what is it that you want to do?

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