Living By Faith, Not Fear - Part 2

Living by Faith, Not Fear – Part 2

Why Waiting for Confidence Keeps You Stuck

This one’s sneaky. We tell ourselves: “Once I feel confident, I’ll act.” Sounds reasonable. Feels responsible. But confidence is built from evidence, not hope.

You gain confidence by: trying. learning, adjusting, and seeing that you survived.

If you wait for confidence before acting, you’re asking for proof before the experiment. Faith flips the script: “I’ll act… and confidence will catch up.”

And it always does.

The Quiet Strength of Small Steps

Faith doesn’t usually look dramatic. It looks like:

• Making the call you’ve been putting off

• Saying yes to something that stretches you

• Letting go of a plan that no longer fits

• Admitting you don’t have all the answers (and that’s okay)

Big leaps are overrated. Small, steady steps change lives. You don’t need to cross the whole bridge today. You just need to take the next step.

Fear Shouts. Faith Whispers.

Here’s something worth noticing. Fear is loud, urgent, and dramatic.

Faith is quieter. It sounds like:

• “You’ve handled hard things before.”

• “You don’t need all the answers today.”

• “This isn’t the end — it’s a beginning.”

Fear wants instant certainty. Faith asks for patience and trust.

If you’re waiting for a booming voice or a flashing sign, you might miss faith entirely. It often shows up as a calm nudge… not a shove.

Control Is Overrated (Peace Is Better)

A lot of fear is really about control. We want guarantees. We want predictability. We want to know how it all turns out.

But control is exhausting. And it doesn’t actually exist the way we think it does.

Faith offers something better than control: peace in motion.

Peace that says:

• “I can handle whatever comes.”

• “I’m not alone in this.”

• “I’ll figure it out as I go.”

That kind of peace doesn’t require certainty. It requires trust, in yourself, in your values, and in the fact that growth is rarely comfortable.