Veteran Owned and Operated
Called by Faith to Serve You
August 15, 2025
Fear is a master storyteller. It’s sneaky. It doesn’t kick down your front door, it slips in quietly, dressed like a friend. It whispers in the dark, dresses itself up as “wisdom,” “timing,” or “prudence,” and smiles while it robs you blind. You don’t even realize it’s there most of the time. Instead, you give it respectable names like “being responsible,” “waiting for the right season,” or “making sure I’m ready.” But here’s the truth: fear doesn’t care what name you give it. Its only mission is to keep you small, safe, and stuck.
And for many of you reading this, you’ve been negotiating with fear for so long, you’ve started thinking it’s the voice of reason.
I’ve seen it up close. I’ve sat across from brilliant, compassionate doctors who know the system is broken. They see the endless paperwork, the insurance games, the way the patient has become a “case file” instead of a human being. They know deep down they were called to something better, a practice built on care, integrity, and actual healing, not quotas and corporate checklists.
They can see the exit door. They have the skill, the vision, and the calling from God Himself to step into something better.
And yet… they stay.
Why? Because fear has mastered their internal dialogue. Fear says:
I’ve heard every one of those lines. I’ve even repeated a few to myself. The difference is, I stopped letting them dictate my decisions. And that wasn’t because I suddenly stopped feeling fear—it was because I finally stopped giving it the wheel.
Fear sells the illusion of safety. It convinces you that staying in the known, even if the known is miserable better than stepping into the unknown.
Think about that for a second: we’ll choose misery over uncertainty. That’s how powerful fear is.
The system, whether it’s the healthcare machine, corporate America, or whatever hamster wheel you’re on, loves this about you. It loves that you’ll settle for the cage as long as it’s predictable. It loves that you’ve convinced yourself the door is locked when in reality…it’s been open the whole time.
So let’s make this personal. What’s the one thing in your heart you would move toward today if fear wasn’t in the driver’s seat?
I’m not talking about vague aspirations like “be happier” or “reduce stress.” I mean the specific, gut-level thing:
You know what it is. The problem is, you’ve made peace with ignoring it.
Here’s my challenge to you:
You don’t have to kill fear in one swing. You just have to stop letting it dictate your future.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s choosing to move forward while fear screams in your ear. Every significant leap in my life, leaving the military, starting a business, walking away from “safe” opportunities, happened while my knees were shaking.
And every time I chose courage over comfort, God met me there. Not before. Not in the planning stage. But in the doing.
That’s the thing: faith requires movement. You can pray for clarity all day long, but sooner or later, you have to put your foot in the water before it parts.
God didn’t put that fire in your chest so you could bury it under “what ifs.” He gave you a life to live, not a cage to decorate. The world doesn’t need more people keeping their heads down and hoping things get better. The world needs people who will stand up, speak out, and act, despite fear, not in the absence of it.
So, what would you do if you weren’t afraid?
The better question is…what will you do now that you know fear’s been lying to you?
Your move.
