“Guts”

I have been thinking about courage and boldness on and off for a long time. Courage and boldness seem to go hand in hand for the people of God. Often we are commanded in the Word to be courageous as well as to do things with boldness. The concepts should be common place for us as believers, yet often we experience our hesitation when fear takes over. What does it look like to have courage or to act with boldness?

One of my favorite movies is "Transformers". There is a scene that occurs shortly after the character "Sam" discovers his car is alive. His car "Bumble Bee" battles a "Decepticon" and wins. Bumble Bee drives over to Sam and his friend "Mikaela" and opens the door. Sam tells Mikaela, "He wants us to get in the car". Mikaela replies, "And go where?" To that, Sam says, "Fifty years from now, when you're looking back at your life, don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?" This portion of the movie really makes me think. I want to look back at my life and say I had the guts to get in the car! In fifty years what am I going to look back at and see?

The interesting relation to a believer's life is that so often we are afraid to get in the car because we don't know where we are going or what the end result will be. The offer to get in appears and we let fear rule our response instead of realizing that a great battle was just won to save us! Just like Bumble Bee battled to save Sam, battles have been won for us as well and we're still afraid to get in the car… When, really, we should be afraid not to!

How much do we miss out on when we let fear take over and pass up the opportunity to get in the car? How much greater is the adventure we experience when we do have the guts to get in the car? I want to have the guts to get in the car when the opportunity appears. I want to know what adventure lies ahead. What do you want to look back on your life in fifty years and say you had the courage and the guts to do?