My mentor and business partner likes to say, ” This is scary… kind of like riding a roller coaster let’s do it again scary ! ” I have done some scary things before believe me.
I have done stupid scary like , ” That was stupid, thank God we are alive !” I’ve done exciting scary like ” lets do that again ! ” I’ve done accident type scary like ” can you believe we just did a 360 in the middle of the wet road in front of a Mack Truck !” Most of my “scaries” have been just me alone or with some other just as scared but willing participant. Now I have a different kind of scary.
I work with Blueagle Marketing, a start up company. It was scary when I quit my very nice salaried job 2 weeks before Christmas to fully commit. It was scary selling our first multi billion dollar company our services like it was something we did every day.
Now it is really scary bringing people on board our team. These are people who have families with responsibilities. It is scary that these people have hopes and dreams and goals that are now a part of my life, my business and my dreams. This could be lots of pressure like scary! And sometimes I get really pressure kind of scary like I am up at 2 a.m. pressure kind of cant sleep scary !
But you know what? I’m not really scared. Oh maybe a little ” that was scary lets ride it again !” kind of scared. But not fear scared and I will tell you why.
Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” One of the many cool parts of this verse is ”which God prepared for us beforehand so that we could walk in them.” To quote Mark Batterson just today in his blog , ” God is setting us up.” Mark goes on to say that this ” … fills me with holy anticipation. It gives me an unshakable sense of destiny. If we simply stay in tune with what the Holy Spirit is saying and doing we will walk into situations that God has divinely orchestrated for us. I don’t believe in coincidence. I believe in providence. God is in the business of making sure we’re in the right place at the right time. There are divine appointments that God is already setting up for next day delivery!”
If God is setting me up, then He is setting the people He is bringing onto our team up too. It is my responsibility not to be scared, but to lead. I lead best by following my mentor and by following Him. He is setting us up !
John Ortberg wrote a book , ” If you want to walk on the water, you’ve got to get out of the boat” I may not be walking on the water , but I for sure am going to do my best not to take my eyes of of Him ! Scary good … scary exciting… I never knew following God could be soo exciting !
I have been set up ! No need to be scared, just get on out of the boat and let’s go !
