HOW TO FIGHT FEAR & MOVE FORWARD!

One of the greatest enemies of vision is fear. You know fear, that feeling of discomfort that shows up every time you are getting ready to make a major move in your life. It is an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger. This emotion can make or break you. It has the power to fuel your dreams or destroy them.

I believe fear was never designed to completely stop us from chasing new opportunities. It was created as a tool to help us move into new opportunities with caution. Counting up all the cost, before making the big steps. In most cases, we allow fear to hinder us from moving forward by becoming overly cautious and afraid.
Most people will tell you that the first step is always the hardest step to take. I honestly believe it’s the hardest step because we spend time overly calculating every situation. The first step is really what counts.  Look at what Andy Stanley says about fear:

Fear, not the lack of good ideas, “keeps a person standing on the sideline.” (Andy Stanley)

If you are tired of being on the sidelines and you are ready to take, then you are in the right place. The fear of moving forward can be destroyed by taking several steps. The first step is the most difficult to take. Let’s take a look at a few things you can do to fight the fear of moving forward:

1. Take The First Step! Vision is initiated by taking calculable first steps. Dreams die because the dreamer is afraid of taking this first step of deciding to pursue it. There’s nothing to it but to do it.
2. Don’t Allow Fear To Overpower Your Faith. Your dreams must be more powerful than your fears. Faith and fear are incompatible. They cannot exist in the same mental or physical context. You have to believe that this can happen more than you doubt.
3. Ignore The Voice Of Negativity. You faith comes by what you hear. What you hear will always decide what you can carry out. Ultimately, who you hear controls your future. Surround your life with faith-filled people who speak positively into your future. Their words will help you do anything.
4. Fight Fear with Courage. Courage is the weapon that is needed to fight fear. Courage is essential to the success of your dream. It takes courage to carry out vision. This means to have the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulties. It is having the mental stability needed to complete your assigned task.
5. Celebrate Failures As Learning Experiences. No matter how well you plan or dream, you will meet failure at several points in your journey. Nobody starts our perfect. Every attempt takes closer and closer to perfection. Don’t become defeated in moments of failure, learn from them.

As you are on your journey to accomplishing greatness, learn how to use fear as a navigational tool. Let it help you make the fight decisions and instead of hindering you from accomplishing good success.

When you are faced with new opportunities, what tools do you use to help you fight the fear of taking the first step?

By Joseph Foster