God can’t give you a dream if you won’t sit down and be quiet long enough. That’s where God’s inspiration happens. That’s what separates our goal-setting and dreaming from those who don’t know God. You get alone and tune in to Him. You listen. Because your intuition and personal great ideas can be 100% wrong. Instead of praying, "God, bless what I'm doing," instead pray, "God, help me do what You're blessing." God hasn’t promised to bless everything you do – but He will bless His dream in your life. But you need to hear Him to know what that is.
Then there comes a point of decision where you’ve got to stop talking and start acting. You’ve got to begin. You have to let go of the rope.
The trapeze goes out and there’s that moment of truth where the acrobat swings out and here comes the other bar. But in order to reach that bar, he has to let go of this one. There’s that split-second in space where he’s hanging ninety feet above the ground holding on to absolutely nothing. If he doesn’t let go, he’ll swing back until finally the momentum stops and he’s just hanging there -- and that’s where the dream eventually dies.
There’s got to come a point in your life when you say, "God has called me to this dream; I'm going for it."
If your dreams are only as big as you, you don’t have a very big God. But when you’re walking in the Spirit, you attempt something that cannot be done in the power of the flesh. You attempt something you know you’re bound to fail at unless God shows up.
“There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, "Yeah, I've got dreams. Of course, I've got dreams." Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and ... "Yep, they're still in there."
God doesn’t want that to be you – or me - or our church.
And here’s how you know if it’s really God's dream or not. God's dream makes a difference in the lives of people. His dreams are never selfish dreams. If you just want to have a great job or make some money, live in a great house, retire early – that is not God’s dream. But if you want to make some money in order to give it away to serve God’s Kingdom – to retire early so you can start a new career for God that He might be calling you to – that dream could be from God.
Get going.
And be blessed.
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This was one of devotionals. I like it and try to live it:
Can you imagine what our lives would be like if each of us worked fully to the glory of God?
Imagine what the church would be like if we witnessed, prayed for people, gave of ourselves, and didn't care who got the credit—as long as God received all the glory!
Wow, what a thought! It's a good goal, isn't it? All glory should go to God, but let me remind you of something. As we give all the glory to God, we are allowed to encourage one another.
In fact, the Scripture tells us to do just that. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, to "encourage one another and build one another up." And Romans 13:7 admonishes us to give "honor to whom honor is owed."
You see, you and I are to spur one another along to do good works. We all need a good pat on the back at times. We need encouragement and we need to encourage others.
I want a God-sized dream! The first thought that comes to mind for me is working more with the poor and homeless and hungry. I can do that at First Step or the Shalom Center for now...I would love to have a GOD-sized dream, though. I have a strong feeling He is up to so much more than my little mind can imagine....
Lol, PK...how do you get quiet and stop your mind from wandering here and there? I have tried meditation before and get distracted...lol.
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