power, love, & self-discipline

Just Do It. 

Nike. 

That is Nike's slogan and it's recognized all over the world. I remember going through a stage in my life, I was probably like 12 or 13, and I was a weird kid. I didn't really know what it was like to be cool or what being cool was. I was just me. This was about when I entered into public school after being home schooled. 

One of the things my friends and I would always say is 'Just do it, just like Nike.' We always said this when we were doing whatever it is young teenagers do. We were just going to do it no matter anybody else around us thought. 

I don't remember what point it was in my life where it started to matter what other people thought of me and the decisions I made. Heck, I don't know what we all go through to get to that point. There just comes a time where we start to care what other people think about us and we easily become intimidated. 

Do you realize that being intimated by other people is almost insulting to God because it shows that we aren't trusting in him?

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)

The spirit of God gives us power, love, and self-discipline. How awesome is that?

So why does it feel like it matters what people think about us all of the time? 

To be completely honest, that shows that we are not trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit and we are letting fear rule our lives. 

When we begin to trust in God all of the time, we are going to have a 'just do it' mindset all of the time. We start to realize that the opinions of other people don't really matter that much. 

I make this sound easy, but it's not. It's hard. I am like a 50/50 extrovert/introvert. In some environments I am super outgoing and others I am not. There are times where I get intimated all of the time. When I really sit here and think about it, I come to the realization that I am not trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit to give me power, love, and self-discipline. 

Any time that I have straight up just trusted in God and didn't care what others thought, I was happy, confident, and fulfilled. Those feelings are what make me my most successful self. 

I am willing to work on this if you are. Lets commit to not being intimated and worried about what other people think. Let's commit ourselves to not insulting God's power because we aren't trusting him. Let's just do it.