DAY SIXTY EIGHT | FIVE CHALLENGES OF SUCCESS – 4

DAY SIXTY EIGHT | FIVE CHALLENGES OF SUCCESS

Joshua 1 : 6, ” Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.”

The fourth challenge is THE SECURITY OF THE FAMILIAR.

Loss, failure, challenge, crisis or stress all send us in search of the familiar. When Peter the disciple of Jesus denied Jesus, he immediately went back to his familiar trade of fishing. He found his security blanket and hid himself. The old and outdated familiar is often chosen over the uncertain future. Comfort zones form very quickly in life and habit patterns become boundaries of familiar security.

I have seen people hide their souls in little caves of security and self interest while watching others possess wonderful adventures in God. They can even justify their present position quoting all kinds of circumstantial evidence for their comfortable ineffectiveness.

We are not these people. We want to possess what God has promised to us. We are willing to make the all important decision to cross the commitment line. We will come out of our present cave and cross the line of commitment which declares there is no turning back. We will possess the next level for our lives or we will die trying. There is no security in going where you have never been before. There is no easy road to follow going where no one else has led.

You must pioneer your future for yourself. Get up and move out. It’s time. If you haven’t yet; then you must get up and cross the commitment line now.

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