Character Creates Courage

​All you who put your hope in the LORD be strong and brave  PSALM 31:24 

A legend from India tells about a mouse sho was terrified of cats until a magician agreed to transform him into a cat.

That resolved his fear...

until he met a dog, so the magician changed him into a dog. The mouse turned cat tuned - dog was content until he met a tiger-

so, once agian, the magician changed him into what he feared. But when the tiger came complaining that he had met a hunter,

the magician refused to help.

"I will make tou into a mouse again, for though you have hte body of a tiger, you still have the herat of a mouse."

sound familiar? How many people do you know who have bulit a formidable exterior, only to tremble inside with fear?...

We face our fears with force... or ... we stockpile weath.

We seek security in things. We cultivate fame and seek status.

But do these approaches work?

Courage is an outgrowth of who we are. Exterior supports may temporarily sustain, but only inward character creates courage.