What is courage?

So what is your definition of courage? Is it jumping off a cliff? Is it diving off an airplane? Is it going white water rafting? What is it to you? My definition is basically to choose to go on no matter what. Life with all of its pleasantries has some obstacles. Facing our challenges head on with nothing but a life jacket in a toiling sea is courageous to me. Seeing how there are tons of thoughts going on in our head probably telling us to run, hide, and give up, deciding to not waver is honestly what God charges us to do in 1 Cor. 15:58 " Therefore, my brethren, be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of The Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in The Lord." Did you get that? Your work is not in vain. Meaning what you do for Him including keeping your professed faith is not going unnoticed by God. God WILL save you from those troubling waters of life. I mean did He not already save us from hell? So of course He will save us from our troubles. Yes courage is jumping off a cliff. That cliff may be a lovers arms that past hurt or pain from others may be keeping you from plunging. That dive may be a dive into that dream that will not die. Going white water rafting may be rowing in trouble waters of life with currents and tides constantly trying to toss you under. Yes, all of those are brave acts that we all can relate to and have to do. Speaking for my own life, I have way more obstacles than I would like, but God strengthens me. I show that I am weak and He shows that He is STRONG! Courage is Faith. It is allowing God to work His Plan for your life because we all know how hard that is to do. We want things to work the way it was set up in our heads. We want certain problems if not any at all, not the ones God allows to happen. Jesus had Courage to tell religious leaders that their way of thinking is dead and He is LIFE. He had courage enough to die for the sins of the world that we might have life with Him eternal. His courage gave us Faith. That Faith gives us courage. We will not have all the answers, but we do have Faith which is really all we need. David as a young man had courage in Christ to defeat the big, bad, giant. We all have seemingly scary giants that come our way. Soaking in God's Word allows us to be brave and not just read about mighty acts of God, but allow God to move mightily in our lives. Courage is living, breathing, smiling, laughing, persevering, loving, praying, worshipping, choosing to do all of these things no matter the circumstance is all courageous! God does not have cowards. He has brave saints in His army, fully equipped to handle life and ALL it has to bring. Fellow brothers and sisters in Christ going through a tough time and lost for answers just know that God will never leave you. That's the only answer we need. He is right there with you. It is hard when we can't see our way out, but we know He IS our way out! Be encouraged, be courageous, have Faith, dive, jump into life!