Over the past few years I’ve had numerous conversations with others on the topic of fear. It seems to me that the most common of all fears is the “fear of failure.”
As a matter of fact, I have an area of my life right now I sense God calling me to take a step of faith and trust Him. I’ve felt this prompt dozens of times in my life and every time I’ve trusted, every time I’ve grabbed His hand and stepped into the unknown, amazing things have happened. I know lives could be impacted in this particular venture I’m fretting about. All I need to do is step out in faith, but I’m embarrassed to admit the fear of failure is keeping me from totally giving of myself.
I don’t get it. Why do I fear failure so much? It’s not like it’s that uncommon in my life. Why do you fear it so much? We all fail on a fairly regular basis.
I think it has something to do with control.
Failure is a reminder that control is an addictive illusion which will permeate your conscious over time.
The reason you hate failure so much and the reason I hate failure so much is because it’s a reminder you’re not really in control of your life. Some of us despise the idea of failure so much we’ll not allow ourselves to take risks or make decisions where there is even the possibility of failure. I think I’ve got to get to a place where I want God to use my life more than I want control of my life. I’ve got to fear mediocrity more than I fear failure.
How about you? Why do you think so many of us struggle with the fear of failure?
