I believe we all have something that we want to see accomplished in our life. However, sometimes those dreams get blurred by the circumstances of life. They get PUSHED down, STEPPED on and SIDESTEPPED to the point that we think we'll never be able to accomplish it.
However, don't forget, it was God that put those dreams and desires in your heart! If He put them there, then He wants to see them come to pass! That's why He has given us PURPOSE!
If we personally have no purpose, we will be a miserable person who is simply existing and unmotivated.
God gave us PURPOSE so that we could reach for higher heights! No wonder Paul told Timothy to "stir up the gift of God that was in him." (2 Timothy 1:6)
Instead of waiting on God...God is waiting on us!
God is waiting on us to STIR UP our God-given desires! God desires to fulfill the desires He gave us. We are told to "Delight ourselves in the Lord and He shall give us the desires of our heart." (Psalm 37:4) Literally, God is wanting to grant us the secret petitions of our heart.
Many times...TIME has a way of LESSENING and WEAKENING our dream. Our dream starts to look like it's too far away and will never come to pass. But we must get those thoughts out of our mind and STIR UP THE GIFT (cultivate the dream) that is already in us!
Today, I hope your heart is being stirred to remember the dreams that are already in you! If so, I encourage you to FEED the dream and WATER the dream...believing that it will come to pass!
Psalm 145:19 "He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him; he also will hear their cry, and will save them."
Start by...
1. Looking Ahead
- Write your vision down. (Habakkuk 2:2)
- Keep the vision in front of you.
- Set some goals.
- Stretch for it!
2. Looking Within
- See yourself as God sees you.
- Every dream starts with a picture. (Proverbs 23:7)
- Words create pictures. Get God's Word inside of you and it will paint the picture of how God sees you!
- See yourself doing what God has called you to do even if it seems unnatural. (i.e. Gideon, Moses)
Do not let the fear of FAILURE stop you from chasing your dreams!
- Abraham Lincoln was defeated 10 times in a row.
- In 27 years, he never won a political race.
- He had a nervous breakdown between one of his campaigns.
- BUT HE NEVER GAVE UP REACHING FOR HIS DREAM!
- The first race he won was in 1860 - the Presidency of the United States!
Matthew 19:26 "But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."
By all scientific data, the bumblebee can't fly. It's not supposed to fly. It's body is too big for it's wings. However, the bumblebee can't understand scientific data. When God told the bumblebee to fly...it just flew! It defied the laws of nature!
That's what we have to realize when we're searching for our dreams, holding to our dreams and believing they'll come to reality! Even if it doesn't seem natural...remember...if we trust God, He can do the SUPERNATURAL and He can cause our dreams to come to pass!
