How Can You Really Stop Being Afraid To Pursue Your Dreams?

Instead of giving into the fear and running away, run towards it.

Have you always had larger-than-life ideas but never pursued them due to fear and uncertainty? Let's break this fear down shall we?

I Can Totally Relate....

"This fear had lingered in my heart for years to the point where I had accumulated notebooks filled with ideas and instruction with no plan of execution."

I don’t know about you, but there is a real life fear that living this life in pursuit causes us to experience. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started and stopped something God told me to do due to the fear of looking stupid. I found myself worried and anxious about what others may think maybe because I had built up this identity that portrayed boldness but was internally covered up with fear. This fear had lingered in my heart for years to the point where I had accumulated notebooks filled with ideas and instruction with no plan of execution. I had years of untapped desires and strategies embedded in my heart. It wasn’t until I got to the point where I was so fed up with myself for a lack of progress. I had to know why I was feeling this way. I wanted to know why I was bold in some areas of my life but not the areas God was calling me to be bold in. God made me realize that the fear I was experiencing was not from him.

In 2 Timothy 1:7 AMP it states, "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]. After reading this scripture, I realized that the fear and anxiety I was experiencing was from the enemy. The enemy wanted me to live in fear and not pursue what God had placed in my heart. His ultimate goal and strategy was to keep me stagnant, confused, and unable to operate in my gifts and talents. While God was showing me what I could do and was capable of, the enemy showed me the obstacles and scenarios I might face. Have you ever thought of Jesus’s journey? How fearless and bold he was. We think that it must’ve been hard for him to pursue what God had called him to do when in reality, he knew what was on the inside of him. He knew what God had told him. He knew what God had given him to fully complete and accomplish the mission set before him. God has given us the same strategy and the same boldness and fearlessness, so why haven’t we tapped into it yet?

I Can Totally Relate....

"Believe that you second guessing yourself is the true lie. Not the fact that you should pursue."

You may not be to the point where you're able to stand on stage in front of thousands of people without your knees shaking or buckling but there is somewhere you can start to help get you out of this fear that's been crippling you.

Believe! Believe that what you are experiencing inside is real. Believe that your dreams and visions are real and that God himself gave them to you. Why would the Creator give you, the creative, this creativity and not be able to use it properly? Believe that he gave it to you for a reason that will be revealed once you get out of being scared to pursue your goals and dreams. Believe that you second guessing yourself is the true lie. Not the fact that you should pursue. The proof is in the pursuit. The very thing you are pursuing after is the very thing that is meant to lead you to where you are meant to be. The fear is a distraction! The fear is coming to delay you and overall get you to quit. Understand, that if you are in fact experiencing fear, that is a clear indication that you are supposed to do whatever it is you put your mind to.

Get Inspired

What is something you have been scared to pursue? What will it take for you to kick fear in the ass and go after it? A support group? A Coach like myself to help you uncover deeper reasons behind the fear?

Today’s Declaration:

I am demonstrating crazy faith this year. I will no longer live in fear. I will finally live in pursuit. My master is a mighty God. He can’t be reduced to imagination. If he is mighty, then I am strong too. I can’t ask him to take the fear away from others and not expect him to do the same for me. He is powerful and bold. I pray for the same audacity to be fearless and to live a life of faith and divine favor. My faith will honor God. It will please him. It will make room for me to receive. I will not miss my moment!