5 Minutes a Day

Being truly brave only requires 5 minutes per day.
That’s it. I don’t have to be brave all day, every day. God has assured me that if I am brave for a few moments each day, it will radically and dramatically alter my existence. And it has!!!
So, every morning, I ask God what one courageous thing He wants me to do that day. It has to be something that makes my stomach tighten when I just think about doing it. Something I am afraid to do. Something I have been avoiding.
It can be as simple as returning that phone call or texting, “I’m sorry.” Being brave for me some days is putting my tennis shoes on and walking out the door.
It doesn’t have to be anything extreme or earth shattering. Bring brave can be to speak up and say what I am really thinking in a meeting. Or to reach out to a friend and ask for prayers for something I am wrestling with. Honestly it doesn’t matter what it is.
The main thing is to develop my trust muscles with God. God needs us brave. He needs us uncomfortable. He needs us dependent. That’s when He can use us in miraculous ways – through brief bursts of bravery.
Remember…God’s hand is on you. Fear is just your body confirming that your spirit is about to do what you are made to do. So, take a deep breath and be brave for 5 minutes. I promise – you will feel freer every day.
I would love to hear about your stories of brief bravery! Feel free to post them on our Dreamsmith Books FB page. Let’s enCOURGAGE one another to BE BRAVE.