Chase the Lion: If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small

by Mark Batterson

You are one idea, one risk, one decision away from a totally different life. Of course, it’ll probably be the toughest decision you ever make, the scariest risk you ever take. But if your dream doesn’t scare you, it’s too small.

At the end of our lives, our greatest regrets will be the God-ordained opportunities we left on the table, the God-given passions we didn’t pursue, and the God-sized dreams we didn’t go after because we let fear dictate our decisions.

Those who simply run away from what’s wrong will never amount to more than half Christians.

The best way to discover your dream is to help other people accomplish theirs!

When Jesus walked out of the tomb on the third day, the word impossible was deleted from our dictionary.

Don’t underestimate the power of one compliment.

One word of encouragement has the potential to change a person’s perspective on life, a person’s plot line for all eternity. And don’t just compliment people to their faces. Brag about them behind their backs! The right word at the right time can be the catalyst for someone else’s dream.

Our actions and inactions have eternal ramifications. And for the record, inaction is an action.

As Edmund Burke famously said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”7

If you need to, reread the book of Revelation to remind yourself that love wins and hate loses; faith wins and fear loses! We fight darkness with light, fear with faith, and hate with hope. And when we do, the gates of hell cannot prevail against us.