Everything we want to achieve on earth
requires some amount of faith – faith in God to see us through, faith in our ability
to make it and faith in the fact that when we have done the best we can, we
will attain the height we have set for ourselves achieve.
Now, the journey to success begins with a
step. A Chines proverb says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
step.” If we have not taken any step yet towards the accomplishment of our set-goal,
we have not yet begun. Although we all desire to succeed, success will remain a
mirage unless we are ready to take a step forward.
One of the reasons many people are not
stepping out to pursue their set-goal is fear of failure. Even after they have done
all the research, came out with a feasibility study and a concrete practical
plan for achieving their goal, they are still held down with the fear of
failure.
If we have finished all the preparation
concerning our journey to success and we are still not getting up to begin the
journey, it could be that we are being held down by fear of failure. Fear of
failure arises either from negative ideas and thoughts from our mind or from
those of others.
Such negative thoughts as “What if I fail?”
“I don’t think I can make it,” “If I get
up to try, my enemies would not allow me to make it;” or “No matter how long I try, I will
continue to fail,” “No person in in family has ever achieved this, I cannot
achieve it,” have paralysed many people who desire to achieve worthwhile goals.
Negative thoughts are always the causes of
fear. Once a negative thought is entertained, believed and held tenaciously to
in the mind, it will eventually invite fear into your mind and this fear will
continue to diminish your faith until it freezes you and hold you back from
taking steps towards achieving your set goal.
The Bible says: “Fear has torment.” (I John
4:18). The starting point to achieving your set-goal is dealing with the fear
of failure that will try to hold you down from taking a step forward.
How do we deal with the fear of failure? Or
put in another way, how do we cultivate faith that will ginger us to venture
out and pursue our goal?
Below are three practical steps you must take
to overcome fear of failure and start taking the step of faith required for the
accomplishment of your goal:
1. Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
Philip D’ Amour once told his team of
engineers: “Unless you are willing to fail miserably, you will never have a go
at success.” The fact is, there is no big big deal about failure. Sure, we may
fail many times before we succeed. But if we are afraid to fail, we will never
get up and try. And if we don’t get up to try, we can never succeed in life.
Perhaps, you have tried once or many times
and failed and you don’t want to get up to try again. Well, everyone will feel
the same way, but it is those that are never afraid to keep failing until they
make it that will succeed in the end.
You just have to settle it in your mind that
you may fail many times before you succeed. The wisdom in taking steps of faith
is that you don’t know when success will come. If you stop trying, success will
keep eluding you. So, success comes to those who keep trying. If you fail, get up
and try again. Keep doing that until you succeed.
2. Understand that Trials Do Show Up in Our
Faith Walk
The Bible says: “For we walk by faith, not by
sight.” (2 Cor. 5:7). Now, walking by faith does not necessarily make life
rosy. When we walk by faith, we should expect that our faith will be tried.
Jesus once told his disciples, “Let us go
over unto the other side of the lake.” They boarded the ship and took off. That
is step of faith. But, as Jesus slept in the boat, there came a storm which
threatened to drown them. (Luke 8:22-23). That is trial of faith. When we
exercise faith, we should expect that storm will come to try our faith.
In the midst of the storm, Jesus’ disciples cried
out to him, “Master, Master, we perish.” Jesus woke up and rebuked the
storm and there was calm. (Luke 8:24). Jesus’ remark about His disciples’
unbelief is worthy of note: “And he said unto them, where is your faith?” (Luke
8:25).
It is our faith in the midst of the storm
that matters. It requires faith to launch out. It equally requires faith to
hold on when trials show up. When we understand that trials do show up anytime
we take a step of faith, then, we should be well prepared to face every storm
that threatens to drown us.
3. Take a Dangerous Step that Will Make You
Shout, “Lord, Help Me.”
Since you can never succeed until you get up
to try, then, you have no choice than to get up and launch out. So, in spite of
your fears, in spite of your doubt, in spite of other people’s negative
prediction that you will fail, step out anyhow and anyway. After all, those
negative people are not God. It is only God that will crown your effort with
success. And God is ready to crown your effort with success, if only you take a
step of faith.
Like Peter who walked on water to meet Jesus
on the sea, take a dangerous step that will make you shout, “Lord, help me!” The joy in walking by faith is that there is no cause for alarm. When the storm
threatens to drown you and you are at your wit’s end, cry unto God, “Lord, help
me!”
Regardless of the situation which your step of
faith has led you into, you can never drown if you have enough faith to call
upon God to rescue you. Peter took a step of faith and walked on water to meet
Jesus, but when he encountered the storm, he became afraid and started to sink.
He then cried: “Lord, help me!” Jesus quickly reached out for his hand and
rescued him.
Friend, never be afraid to take a step forward. Understand that you may fail many times before you finally succeed.
Understand also that when you take a step of faith, you will encounter trials
that will shake your faith, but never lose hope to the extent that you cannot
call upon God to help you.
In spite of your fears, take a step of faith
and expect the raging storm to come. It will not drown you. AND IF LIKE PETER
YOU CANNOT CALM THE STORM, JUST CRY UNTO GOD TO HELP YOU.
And until I come your way soon, go and cultivate faith that will ginger you to take a step forward!
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