Fearless

So, a few days ago, I was out on the ball diamond practising with my Dad. He was rippin some grounders at me and I was doing the regular drills, front hand, back hand... the basic movements. I  had this feeling in my gut... the same one I always get at the beginning of the season; fear. I was terrified of the ball. I wasn't moving my feet to get square with the ball, I was just sticking my glove out, closing my eyes and hoping that I would catch it. I would have success most of the time... but it was the concept...the idea of the fear that was ridiculous. I started to tell myself, before every play; FEARLESS...HAVE NO FEAR. And it seriously helped.. a LOT. My feet were moving, my eyes were open, and I felt like I was gliding across the diamond. Then, something happened that has never happened before. The ball was way out of my reach, and I laid out for it; that's right, I dove for the ball - slid on my stomach, stretched out my glove, and guess what.... caught it! Wow, what a feeling that was! I just let go of all fear and went in wholeheartedly. It's funny what we can do when we stop thinking and just let go; give in. And you know.... I didn't always get to the ball, but I never felt 'guilty' for missing... I was happy because I knew that it wasn't fear that held me back... sometimes you just... miss. No big

Anyway, as I'm practising, the Lord is downloading phenominal revelation into my heart; How much does this story truly relate to life itself? Every ounce of it does. Think of all the types of fear there are... every reaction is the same... stiffness. We hold back and don't dive in. We don't give it our all; we don't release ourselves to do what we need to do. For myself... once fear sets in and I don't do something about it, I feel terrible whether there is success or failure; all because I know it wasn't wholehearted. All I know is that it's time to tell the enemy to shut up; think fearless; lean on God and jump in. Stop thinking and just do. It's time to throw all of our eggs into one basket and never look back.