But maybe that’s what also makes trusting God liberating. We don’t have to be our own source of strength. (You might need to read that again!) We don’t need to muster up the courage to take on what lies before us as if we have the capabilities within ourselves to manufacture courage. Yet, we have an inexhaustible fountain gushing forth from a God who is eager and willing to equip and empower us for the very tasks that He calls us to accomplish for our good and His glory. 

Imagine what would happen if your whole community took God at His word and leaned into Him for courage. What possibilities that once seemed impossible would now become possible? After all, no “promised land” ever is conquered without the initial courage to take God at His word–faith–we might call it.