Unlearn

I once hear a pastor say, "you are only a risk away from a breakthrough."  When I think about times in my life that I have risked, I am reminded of the fear that was involved in taking those risks, the fear that came before the risk, during the risk, and after the risk. 

The more my wife and I continue on our faith journey, the more we realize that the the greatest breakthroughs in our life happen when we push through our fear.  I love the way Mark Batterson puts it in his book "In the Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day," "the defining moments will double as the scariest decisions, you've got to face those fears and begin the process of UNLEARNING them."  

I can think of times my computer (PC that is) has been infected with a virus; our minds have infected files.  Irrational fears and misconceptions keep us from operating the way we were designed to.  If we don't uninstall or UNLEARN those fears and misconceptions, they will determine everything we do.  Jesus spent a great deal of His earthly ministry "UNLEARNING" the Old Testament concepts that totally were consuming people in their religious/legalistic minds.  It is so much harder to get old thoughts out of your mind than it is to get new thoughts into your mind.  What are things in our minds that we need to UNLEARN so we can LEARN what it is God is trying to reveal to us?