Dream!
“Whether in poverty or wealth, whether educated formally or informally, whether from the Americas or Africa or Australia, I have found the same result—people are the most underused and undervalued resource on this planet.”
Erwin McManus – Wide Awake
I love to dream. I can dream big. I can imagine a lot of things. But when it comes to actually following through and seeing those dreams come to pass something gets lost in translation. Call it reality, call it pessimism, call it laziness, call it whatever, but it seems like the older I get the less I find myself dreaming. Sure I may dream something up, but it doesn’t last as long as it did before.
Think back to when you were a kid. Do you remember the dreams we had? We wanted to be a professional basketball player, or an astronaut, or a fire fighter. Life set in and 30 years later we find ourselves doing the same thing we never really wanted to do in the first place. I recently talked to one of the checkers at Safeway who had a 25-year employee badge on. I said, “25 years huh? Wow!” He proceeded to tell me that the job started as a part-time job just to get him through college. I began to wonder how many humans are working in an environment that they do not really enjoy, but have just grown complacent and comfortable in. It pays the bills so they don’t pursue anything else.
Here me out when I say this. I am not condemning anyone’s job. If you are in the same place you were 30-years ago and loving it, than all the more power to you. But if we have a different dream than the life we are currently living, what is stopping us from pursuing that dream? God created us with so much potential. The greatest most extraordinary tool that God has given us is our mind. And we use so little of it. It is the single most untapped resource in the world. Imagine what our world would be like if we started using our brains. I don’t care how “educated” we may or may not be, how young or old we may be, how rich or poor we may be, we all have huge potential that goes beyond any form of education, age, or money. God gives us dreams and desires for humanity. He gives us visions of what life could be like. And we let a little something like “reality” stop us. Is reality bigger than the God we serve? Listen to the Holy Spirit, follow his promptings, dream dreams, and follow after them. Lets start using what God has given us to its fullest potential. Lets make a difference in the world we live in.
Erwin McManus – Wide Awake
I love to dream. I can dream big. I can imagine a lot of things. But when it comes to actually following through and seeing those dreams come to pass something gets lost in translation. Call it reality, call it pessimism, call it laziness, call it whatever, but it seems like the older I get the less I find myself dreaming. Sure I may dream something up, but it doesn’t last as long as it did before.
Think back to when you were a kid. Do you remember the dreams we had? We wanted to be a professional basketball player, or an astronaut, or a fire fighter. Life set in and 30 years later we find ourselves doing the same thing we never really wanted to do in the first place. I recently talked to one of the checkers at Safeway who had a 25-year employee badge on. I said, “25 years huh? Wow!” He proceeded to tell me that the job started as a part-time job just to get him through college. I began to wonder how many humans are working in an environment that they do not really enjoy, but have just grown complacent and comfortable in. It pays the bills so they don’t pursue anything else.
Here me out when I say this. I am not condemning anyone’s job. If you are in the same place you were 30-years ago and loving it, than all the more power to you. But if we have a different dream than the life we are currently living, what is stopping us from pursuing that dream? God created us with so much potential. The greatest most extraordinary tool that God has given us is our mind. And we use so little of it. It is the single most untapped resource in the world. Imagine what our world would be like if we started using our brains. I don’t care how “educated” we may or may not be, how young or old we may be, how rich or poor we may be, we all have huge potential that goes beyond any form of education, age, or money. God gives us dreams and desires for humanity. He gives us visions of what life could be like. And we let a little something like “reality” stop us. Is reality bigger than the God we serve? Listen to the Holy Spirit, follow his promptings, dream dreams, and follow after them. Lets start using what God has given us to its fullest potential. Lets make a difference in the world we live in.
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