Lord, you make me brave, providing courage I don't naturally possess, giving me strength to face what terrifies me, enabling me to do what feels impossible.
I'm not brave on my own, fear is my default, anxiety is familiar, and left to myself I'd avoid, hide, or run from most of what You're asking me to do.
Teach me that bravery isn't the absence of fear but moving forward despite it, that You are making me brave doesn't mean I stop feeling afraid but that I act anyway.
You make me brave by being with me, by going ahead of me, by promising Your presence in whatever I'm facing, turning cowardice into courage through Your nearness.
Help me stop waiting to feel brave before I act and start trusting that You make me brave as I step forward, that courage comes in the doing, not before it.
Remind me that every brave thing I've ever done was because You made me brave, that it was Your strength in me, not mine, that got me through what I feared.
Give me courage for what's ahead today, bravery I don't feel yet, strength to face what scares me, knowing You make me brave when I need to be.
Let me live today as someone made brave by God, facing fears, taking risks, stepping forward, not because I'm naturally courageous but because You make me so.
Psalm 27:14 ... Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. ❤
