Just Get Moving

And leave the rest to God

One of the greatest paradoxes of life is that the path you are meant to walk only appears as you begin walking it, not before.

You have to press on blindly, in the darkness, and only then will you shine light on the path that’s in front of you.

If I could pinpoint the one thing that keeps most men from achieving their goals, it’s the cowardly need for absolute certainty as a prerequisite for action. The very nature of life is uncertainty. That means that you’ll never know all the facts. It means every single choice you ever make will involve a risk. In this desperate need to eliminate all risk from their lives, men end up never acting, because every choice, in its uncertain nature, will, undoubtedly, be a leap of faith.

Life gets better when you realize that everything you do is a shot in the dark. You’ll never see the full picture. You’ll never know all the facts. You’ll never be prepared enough. Every choice you make will always be your best guess. Ideally, an informed guess. But still a guess nonetheless.

Util you drop the spineless requirement for absolute certainty, you will never make the tough choices needed from a man quickly enough. You’ll forever remain paralyzed.

You’ll look back on your deathbed and realize you used the lack of information and proof as the saddest of excuses to avoid stepping into the fire of life and making something of yourself. You’ll see yourself spending days, weeks, or months weighing the pros and cons of every choice, getting no closer to certainty, and wasting your potential in the process.

Expecting perfect certainty is riskier for you than just having the balls to take action with limited information. You are not reducing your chances of making a mistake by overanalyzing everything, you are just postponing taking action out of fear.

The ability to make decisions quickly, with limited information, is a key tenet of masculinity. Any man who’s made something of himself will tell you that action trumps theory, 10 times out of 10. And action only becomes possible when you stop plotting and analyzing, overthinking every minor detail, and go forward, boldly, into the unknown.

Will Knowland posted a story on his Instagram a few days ago talking about this. I’m paraphrasing, but the basic concept was that men shouldn’t wait to be absolutely certain to make a choice, and that we should learn to gather the most important information quickly —the 20% of information that takes care 80% of the uncertainty—, and take action without hoping for absolute certainty.

You were not put on this earth so you could waste your life pursuing safety.
God made you a man, full of fire, potential, and drive, for a reason. He gave you those gifts so you could use them to move forward relentlessly, build a beautiful life, inspire others, and advance His Kingdom on earth.

The avoidance of risk shows weakness of faith. Lack of action shows that a man lives paralyzed by fear.

God calls us to the open ocean, and most will find a thousand excuses to fearfully refuse. We are promised a life of purpose and freedom, and the price we have to pay for it is the destruction of the emasculating, fearful and glutton spirit that has taken a hold of us.

God made you a man, and every time you give in to cowardice, you insult Him by wasting the gift of life He’s given you.

Honor God by using the gifts He gave you, by being a man of courage and bold, relentless action. Take the ship out of port and into the great unknown, where not only meaning awaits, but so too the promise of greatness, glory, and a beautiful life.

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