Dreams.  We all have them.

When we are young our dreams reach the highest of heights.  “The sky’s the limit,” is not in our vocabulary because our dreams are bigger than the sky.

As we grow we suffer disappointment and criticism.  Real life happens. We receive backlash from those we look upon as wise yet have lost the art of dreaming themselves. We hear how impossible our dreams are or how we don’t deserve those dreams, and we shut down. At least, this was me.

I have dreams just like you. My dreams seem impossible, just like yours.   Though I’m still learning what is a God dream and what isn’t.  I have learned this over the years, what may seem impossible to man is not impossible to our God.

Mark Batterson said this,

“The size of your dream may be the most accurate measure of your God.” 

Wow.  How small has my God been the past few years?

Years ago, I began to shut my dreams out.  For many reasons really; disappointments, people’s thoughts, etc.  I know what God has spoken to me, yet I hide it.  When a step closer to my dream happens, I believe the enemy’s lies saying I don’t deserve this and I keep it to myself.  But do we really deserve anything He gives us?  Do any of us really deserve the dreams He has bestowed upon us?

No. But He does it anyway.

Last year during a fast I felt the Lord tell me it was time to dream again.  To stop shutting out what He has put inside of me.  Do I even remember how to dream? Has my God become so small in my eyes that I don’t know how to dream?  Am I dreaming the right dreams?  I don’t know.  But I do know this:  If I keep following Him, pressing into Him, something big will happen. The dreams that are not Him will fade away and the ones that are Him will burn inside of me.  I’m starting to burn again.  I’m starting to feel so uncomfortable with that burning sensation because I want this dream so bad but know that it is incredibly impossible.

However, Christ overcoming the grave for the dream of redeeming mankind was considered impossible.

Are you believing for your impossible dream today?  Are you burning inside because you want this so bad but it seems so far away? Is your dream making you feel uncomfortable?  Good.  God be the Glory then.

PRAY WITH ME SISTERS

“Lord, I know you have placed dreams in me.  Forgive me where I have stopped dreaming.  Forgive me where I have not dreamed for the sake of bringing glory to your name.  Your dreams for me are bigger than anything I can make up. You desire to bring glory to yourself through ME! Help me to be humble and know how truely big you are.  In Jesus Name, AMEN.”

What dream have you given up on? Share in the comments.