Dream

I'm a dreamer, I'm constantly dreaming of new things. I dream of the future and what it will be like. I dream of being something "great", as Jack Harris spoke about last Sunday, and changing lives around me. I am constantly dreaming of new ways I can be used, and asking God to put new dreams in me.

Being a dreamer is both good and bad. A dreamer can change the world, Martin Luther King did when he spoke the famous words "I have a dream" It always takes a "dream" or an idea to make something happen. When something major changed in history and became apart of our history, it started with a dream. We are free as Americans because some one once dreamed we could all be free. A dreamer is the beginning of greatness. A dreamer is the reason we have so much, because at some point he/she believed in their dream. However there can be a bad side to a dreamer, a dreamer can live in a dream world, and tend to neglect the reality they have already been given. A dreamer can think they can do it all, and give more of them selves than they should be. A dreamer usually takes on more than they can handle, for the passion inside tells them to do so. A dreamer can get a head of themselves and see the prize, before enduring the journey.

As a dreamer, I am constantly thinking of changing professions, to help the world. I have often thought about going back to school to become a teacher, a nurse, and a counselor. I am constantly dreaming of new businesses I can start. I have also thought about packing my family up and becoming missionaries, because my heart brakes for so many people that are with out. I am always thinking of ways I can help the "church." I think the problem is I haven't truly found "My dream." The dream God puts inside of me. I am constantly trying to do God's will that I am dreaming of ways to fulfill it, instead of allowing God to give me a dream and allow Him to lead me in fulfilling His dream for me.

I have to find the balance in being a dreamer. I have to find a dream, and stay focused on that. Martin Luther King did not say "I have many dreams" He had one, that started to build more dreams in him and others. I wonder if he knew the power in his dream, and how many people it would greatly affect? I'm asking God to put that one dream in my life, that will most likely turn into other dreams, but to stay focused on the dream He has given me. I'm going to wait and hear upon the Lord. My dreams have to completely line up with what I have already been given.

So I am laying down all of my dreams, and allowing God to put mine inside of me to fulfill the desire of my heart to do something "great". I am going to be quiet and wait upon the Lord. I will rest in the things that have already been given to me, and stop searching for more. I will be thankful for the dreams He has already fulfilled in my life. I will always have hope in God that He has way more than I will ever know. The things I dream for will no longer be by my standards, but His alone. I will have complete peace that He knows better for me than I do. That there are dreams He has for me that I can't begin to fathom, that He has fulfilled dreams that I didn't even realize I dreamt about. I will only "dream" if it has been given to me to do so. I will no longer chase the dream, but seek after God for the "dream" in my life.