Let Your Courage Rise

Julie Rocca
Sep 16
3 min read

Updated: Sep 26

We are challenged by our willingness to surrender ourselves to infinite authority and guidance. Do we move forward confidently with a mindset washed in gratitude and thankfulness? Can we become settled in the trustworthiness of Divine and accurate establishment of security in the Lord Jesus Christ, or are we weakened in the process of human reasoning for sustainability?

We are meant to consider our life path, fully alive to the source of our existence.

We can encounter opportunities to understand and appreciate the importance and the power of choice. Our choices reflect the belief we hold in our hearts.

Our lives are always a reflection of our thoughts and intentions. Revealing our innermost actual path. Where we lean becomes an obvious and apparent reasoning of the mind and heart.

Without a calm and relaxed attitude to the source of our existence, faith and trust with courage become a harsh lesson for our attention instead of a relationship with power and grace. There becomes a struggle of flesh and spirit, a war within that becomes a conflict. A wearying of the soul makes you feel less than capable.

Accepting your condition is a perfect opportunity to establish your position. To know the truth and faith is to rest in the breath of life. Meaning, you fully comprehend and understand that your very breath depends on the supergrace power of God saturating your being. Heart beat, blood flow, breath—cell, tissue, bone, flesh, altogether complex, divinely designed, and made known. There is your reality check asking, Who am I? Is the question fulfilled instantly, lifting the spirit as a gentle hand on your shoulder to make everything count for His glory, under the authority of an all-knowing and mighty God? Less inclined to deny hardship and understanding it is becoming the source of truest growth.

Holiness in secret, not performance in public, far outweighs the delusion of works above a surrendering life. The daily obedience of unity to the source of inspiration exceeds our expectations, and embracing a mindset shift is inevitable. Not set aside in times of disaster, instead a familiar friend you choose to walk with daily. Procurement of a win raises the bar as we release our grip on certainty and align our will with the will of God through the lens of The living Word. Holy Spirit leading us to choose wisely, as Wisdom is closer than yesterday.

"Resolve is born in the quiet

Where flesh yields to Spirit.

Courage rises when gratitude washes the mind clean—

Wisdom draws nearer with every surrendered choice,

Until the will of God becomes the only horizon worth walking towards. " - JR

Allow this thoughtful retrospection to enhance your life experiences with confidence.

Calm, Courage, Trust in Yeshua — the stillness that allows courage to rise is not passive; it’s an active resting in His authority.

Surrender, Security — not the fragile security of human reasoning, but the unshakable establishment of His promises.

Choice, Reflection of Belief — every decision mirrors the heart’s true allegiance.

Thereby arriving at Holiness in Secret, Alignment with His Will — the unseen obedience that outweighs public performance.

Our resolve is not human grit summoned, more so something birthed from proximity to the Source — the “breath of life” reality check. That’s a profound shift: strength had not been generated by us, but received in the same way breath had received — moment by moment.

As you choose to surrender, may you cease to wrestle with the tension between doing for God and being with God. As the "win" is not securing outcomes, instead, you're releasing the grip on certainty and letting the Holy Spirit lead into wiser, deeper obedience.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth"