Overcoming Fear – Part 8 “The Road To Victory”

The Road to Victory 

Finally the day of my  3rd attempt was here, I was up early as I couldn’t  sleep, I was anxious, so I prayed and set off for my test .I did not want to talk to my instructor so we just listened to music all the way to the test centre. We got to the test centre,I got myself registered, and to my shock horror the examiner who had failed me in my last driving test comes out and calls my name, I was like oh no! they didn’t just call my name, oh not them again, you could only imagine what I thought, twice in a row, just my luck I thought.

Then again what could be the worse, just do what you have been taught and I knew I wanted to pass, and I could not let the fear of failing affect me even before I had started my test. I got in the car and I got myself relaxed and I drove. I tried to stay calm and not let the examiner intimidate me. I had to change my perception of the examiner, their objective is to have safe drivers on the road and not just out there to fail me or anyone else.

I completed my test, I had done my best, so I waited anxiously as she tallied her scores, she turned around and said “I am pleased to say that you have passed your test”. I screamed and shouted,I did it, yes, I did it, I wept but more so they were tears of joy, and relief,I was  overwhelmed with emotions.

God helped me I knew that, I had done all I could do, I took the steps to overcome my fear.I may have stumbled on the way, but I kept on persevering. I kept telling myself I could do it, I could not let fear win, and now I look back and I amazed and I am grateful. I genuinely never  thought I would have been able overcome this fear.

As I said in my intro dealing with the” Big F” It is easy to dismiss other people’s fears because we are different, and what may seem trivial to you might be a big deal to someone else “. we can overcome and we will overcome. I am so grateful that I was able to overcome my fear of driving. Fear has no power over me,I could not let fear win.

I wanted to start of by highlighting ” Fear” because I believe that fear can have a powerful effect on us and often has been the cause of unrealised ventures, unfulfilled dreams, uncompleted projects you name it,people tend not to say its fear related.

I tried to keep it real, and I hope sharing my experience and my journey in overcoming my fear has  encouraged you and that you find strength and courage to face and overcome your fears.

 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind”