Latest / Prayer Before Work / S01E09-Do the Thing You've Been Avoiding
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- Sean Graver: Welcome back. Before we get in today, I want you to think about something for just a second. Is there something on your plate right now that you've been putting off? Maybe it's ⁓ a decision or a conversation or something that just keeps getting moved to tomorrow. So hold that thought. We're going to bring it to God right now because in the book of Joshua chapter one, verse nine, it says, have I not commanded you be strong and courageous? Do not be frightened and do not be dismayed for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." So Joshua is standing at the edge of one of the most daunting assignments in the Bible and God doesn't say, don't worry, it'll be easy. Now he says to be strong and courageous, which implies that it will not be easy, but he follows it with the only reason that matters. I will be with you wherever you go. So you don't have to be crossing the Jordan to need this verse. Sometimes the thing that takes the most courage is a difficult conversation with someone on your team or telling a client the truth they don't want to hear or raising your hand for a project when you're not sure you're ready. The courage at work isn't the absence of fear. It's doing the thing anyway, because You are more convinced of God's presence than you are of your own limitations. That thing you thought at the top of this episode, today might be the day for it. Let's pray. God, you know exactly what I've been avoiding. You've known the whole time, and I think part of me has been waiting for the fear to go away before I take the step. So help me understand today that courage doesn't mean fearless, it just means faithful and help me to take the next step in front of me. But not because I have it all figured out, but because you promised to go with me. Wherever I go today into that conversation, that meeting, the decision, you're already there and that's enough. Help me act like it. Make me brave today. Amen. Now go make today count.