{"id":784,"date":"2014-09-16T15:11:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=784"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T01:10:46","slug":"help-for-the-cowardly-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2014\/help-for-the-cowardly-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for the Cowardly Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"784\" class=\"elementor elementor-784\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-783c516 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"783c516\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d966019\" data-id=\"d966019\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fea876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fea876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Cup of Tea<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e9e835 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e9e835\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-689b7f7\" data-id=\"689b7f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e554ac1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e554ac1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As predictably as tea leaves settle in the bottom of a cup when left undisturbed, I settle for the familiar and the safe. I often try to evade situations that require courage or risk-taking, and long for the comfortable and sedentary places of life.<\/p><p>I&#8217;ve learned, however, that comfort and routine don&#8217;t contribute to growth and great accomplishment in my life. When I search my personal history for recent displays of courage and faith in following Christ, I find that my list is embarrassingly short, since I am abetted by a constant companion who urges me toward the status quo and away from disturbing risks for God and His kingdom. His name is Fear.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7976eaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7976eaa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54b8d0b\" data-id=\"54b8d0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f528b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f528b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Problem With Fear<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6f2156 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6f2156\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1327389\" data-id=\"1327389\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7993c55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7993c55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I don&#8217;t think of myself as a fearful person, but I notice two troubling trends:<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 The focus of my activities and thoughts leans inward rather than outward;<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 My posture in new circumstances tends to be defensive rather than welcoming.<\/p><p>Both trends reveal a preference to provide for and protect myself. Fear shows up in conversations I choose, and don&#8217;t choose, to have. I see Fear when I forego risks. My choices tell me that, though I say I trust God and He is my life, my actions reveal instead that I trust myself to provide for and protect my present and future.<\/p><p>Hmmm\u2026. This isn&#8217;t where I want to be, and I&#8217;m not quite sure how I got here. Fortunately, I think I know the remedy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f3f936 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f3f936\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a26ea33\" data-id=\"a26ea33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9af6c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9af6c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Places Where Faith and Fear Collide<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24f2569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24f2569\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-237abc2\" data-id=\"237abc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b229376 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b229376\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fear chases away faith, or faith overcomes Fear.\u00a0 Thus, faith and fear never live together&#8212;they collide.<\/p><p>Here are two places where they collide:<\/p><p>1. In my relationships with others I find it uncomfortable for others to know I&#8217;m a Christ-follower when they are not. The courage or even the minute risk involved in identifying myself as a disciple of Jesus help push Fear out, and can create further opportunities to exercise faith and take risks.<\/p><p>From whom have you kept hidden that you follow Christ?<\/p><p>2.\u00a0 Faith and Fear also collide in my security and comfort. For example, when I give financially to help others in ways that are costly to me, I create an opportunity to trust Christ to meet my needs rather than depending on myself.<\/p><p>What opportunity do you have to depend on Christ instead of depending on yourself?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-806f884 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"806f884\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a624b8\" data-id=\"1a624b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22fc6d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22fc6d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Help for the Cowardly Lion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e00c8cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e00c8cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec3e127\" data-id=\"ec3e127\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2c6317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2c6317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I face small choices each day between playing a part in expanding God&#8217;s kingdom, and giving attention to my own safety, security and comfort. I&#8217;d like to become a person who regularly chooses the former, but that means I&#8217;ll have to make a new friend. Fear has got to go as Courage takes his place.<\/p><p>The good news is that I can change, one small courageous act at a time (see Phil 4:6). And the best of all, the return on that investment includes greater dependence on God and intimacy with Him. I think I&#8217;ll start today. 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