God loves DREAMERS! He's the giver of new ones and the mender of broken ones!
Every DREAM moves you closer to God's perspective. When you begin seeing things the way He does, it raises you above your LIMITATIONS; from where you are to where He wants you to be. When that happens, you're now seeing your dreams as COMPLETED rather than DELETED!
We can all DREAM...
but not everyone has
but not everyone has
the courage to act on their DREAMS!
James tells us that faith without works is dead. (James 2:17) What's true about faith is also true about DREAMS. Every DREAM that lacks DILIGENCE is DEAD! Your DREAM is going to require DETERMINATION and DEDICATION!
The children of Israel DREAMED of The Promised Land, but the only way to get there was through the wilderness.
It's in the wilderness that you learn FIVE THINGS:
- How to TRUST God for what you NEED!
- DISCOVER God's POWER in "Red Sea situations!"
- How to be LED, READ, BLED and FED!
- How to keep your EYES on your DESTINY in forward PURSUIT!
- REFUSE to be like those who MURMUR, COMPLAIN and never MAKE IT!
If it's your DREAM, no one can steal it!
- You can't BLAME someone for TAKING it...cause it's not theirs to take.
- You won't ABANDON it!
- You won't FORGET about it!
The thing about your DREAM is...it BELONGS to you! It BURNS so hot within you that you find yourself pursuing it with relentless passion that is fueled even more by the RESISTANCE and DISCOURAGEMENT of others.
When it's your DREAM, you'll learn to throw every negative word, reaction and doubting look into the furnace that DRIVES your train down the tracks in the DIRECTION of what CONSUMES you! You'll WORK on it every day, regardless of the NOISE and the barking DOGS around you. In time there will be nothing left of the NAYSAYERS who are creeping around you like a pack of hyenas.
DREAMERS who POUT go WITHOUT!
- Can you imagine Abraham Lincoln curled up in a fetal position on the couch, with his momma stroking his head, crying "they stole my dream?" NO.
- Can you imagine missionary David Livingstone running around trying to convince his peers that someone tried to steal his dream? NO.
Your DREAMS are yours and yours alone! No one can take them from you, if you don't let them. If you don't fulfill them, no one ever will!
Is there a DREAM in your heart? You're never too old or too young to pursue it, no matter how far fetched it may seem! Remember...Noah started building the ark at five hundred!
Your DREAMS are like your children; they're you're offspring. They're the joy of your future. Protect them! Feed them! Encourage them to grow, for as long as you have a DREAM - you'll never be old!
God has a DREAM for you, and if you seek Him, He'll reveal it to you!
