The Courage to begin Again
The Courage to Begin Again
Growth is not always forward. Sometimes it is the quiet courage to start over and trust God with the process.
There is a certain kind of courage that does not get talked about enough. It is not the courage to do something grand or visible or impressive. It is the quiet and often private courage to begin again. To pick up the habit you dropped. To return to the prayer you abandoned. To try again at the thing that did not work the first time or the second or the third.
Beginning again is not failure dressed up. It is faith in action. It is the decision to trust that God is not finished with what He started in you, even when the evidence feels thin.
"being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Philippians 1:6 · NKJVScripture quoted from the New King James Version (NKJV).
He who has begun a good work in you will complete it. That is a promise with no expiration date. The work God is doing in your life did not pause because you had a hard season or a stumble or a stretch of time where you felt distant from Him. He does not abandon unfinished work. He sees it through.
You do not have to start from scratch. You just have to start from where you are. God already knows the way forward from here.
So whatever you have been putting off beginning again, this is the nudge. Not tomorrow. Not when the conditions are better or the timing feels more right. Today. One small and honest step back toward the thing God placed in you is enough to get the momentum going again.
God does not abandon unfinished work. He is still working in you even on the days it does not feel like it.
- What is something I started and stopped that God may be calling me back to?
- What does beginning again look like for me this week in one specific and practical way?
- Where have I been waiting for perfect conditions instead of trusting God with imperfect ones?
Lord, I trust that You are not finished with what You started in me. Give me the courage to begin again today in the areas where I have been hesitating. Help me to let go of what is behind me and walk forward into who You are calling me to be. I am open. Amen.
With love and grace,
Honeycomb & Heart