Yesterday I was in the car with a very dear friend, giving her a ride to Chattanooga. She was talking about the future and talking about oppositions that arise against what she wants to do. Then she told me about a conversation she had had with one of our professors that really struck a chord with me. She told me about how the prof had told her that her dreams weren't big enough. Woah...blunt right? but he was right, and she admitted it.
Dreams not big enough...yeah...I'm there too. It is something that I've been realizing but it took someone actually saying those words for it to hit home...and they weren't even said to me! So what are my dreams? What do I want to do? I think a great tragedy for my life would be for me to live out my life with dreams that were so small that I did nothing, rather than to have dreams so big I couldn't do them. So I choose to Dream big! The Apostles dreamed big...they dreamed of a world that followed Christ and worshiped the one true God! No, they didn't see the world fully come to Christ, but if their dream had been just to see Jerusalem evangelized, then where would we be today?
I can rest assured that God is sovereign, I am His human and He is my God, and that because I love and trust Him that He will not let me be disgraced or brought to shame for His namesake, though He chastise me and correct me in ways that are difficult and seem relentless. God has been changing me on the inside by the work of His Holy Spirit within me...changing my thoughts and my desires for life. I know that He will lead me and if I dream big He will guide those dreams to fulfilling His purpose for me. Will I make mistakes? Of course. Will I dishonor and disobey? Yes, though my desire is to not do so.
So what are my dreams? I dream of traveling the world, of easing the pain and suffering of thousands of people, of being a living presentation of the Gospel to people of dozens of nationalities, of mentoring and discipling people to a strong walk with Christ, of making a difference in a world gone mad. I dream of one day being a professor that teaches people how to process the world and to serve others and live biblically. I dream of writing book about my experiences and challenging people by what I write and encouraging them to do something great. Today...I let myself dream. One day I'll look back and see that my dreams have changed, but I will keep counting the stars...keep dreaming of something big for the future.
Dreams not big enough...yeah...I'm there too. It is something that I've been realizing but it took someone actually saying those words for it to hit home...and they weren't even said to me! So what are my dreams? What do I want to do? I think a great tragedy for my life would be for me to live out my life with dreams that were so small that I did nothing, rather than to have dreams so big I couldn't do them. So I choose to Dream big! The Apostles dreamed big...they dreamed of a world that followed Christ and worshiped the one true God! No, they didn't see the world fully come to Christ, but if their dream had been just to see Jerusalem evangelized, then where would we be today?
I can rest assured that God is sovereign, I am His human and He is my God, and that because I love and trust Him that He will not let me be disgraced or brought to shame for His namesake, though He chastise me and correct me in ways that are difficult and seem relentless. God has been changing me on the inside by the work of His Holy Spirit within me...changing my thoughts and my desires for life. I know that He will lead me and if I dream big He will guide those dreams to fulfilling His purpose for me. Will I make mistakes? Of course. Will I dishonor and disobey? Yes, though my desire is to not do so.
So what are my dreams? I dream of traveling the world, of easing the pain and suffering of thousands of people, of being a living presentation of the Gospel to people of dozens of nationalities, of mentoring and discipling people to a strong walk with Christ, of making a difference in a world gone mad. I dream of one day being a professor that teaches people how to process the world and to serve others and live biblically. I dream of writing book about my experiences and challenging people by what I write and encouraging them to do something great. Today...I let myself dream. One day I'll look back and see that my dreams have changed, but I will keep counting the stars...keep dreaming of something big for the future.
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