Proper placement of our hopes and dreams begin with partnering with God! He should be our "hope / dream keeper!" I used to place hope in things or people, however that is when my hopes and dreams had a negative impact in my heart, which continued a cyclic chaos, that brought forth an "I give up" result!
When I finally got sick and tired of being sick and tired, I made a decision! I said, God, my Bible says I was not designed to live this way, and although my experience has contradicted what Your Word tells me, I'm choosing to believe You, over me and God, you need to show me how to make this journey with You! This brought on an extraordinary journey of doing things afraid and believing God that good would come from the brokenness of my heart! There were a lot of broken places in there that needed God's redemption and restoration! As God and I have made the journey together, and I've invested His word in my heart, and talked with Him about my fears, and crying my eyes out more times than I can count, as well as surrounding myself with a plethura of leaders, teachers, mentors, etc., that can encourage me, I can say, my heart is well in this area now! I want to keep it well so I keep investing in myself to not only maintain it, but to also expand my heart and dream bigger!
Listen, God often leads us by the desires of our heart and the desires I have welled up in there, need my partner, God! He is my hope keeper! He is my dream keeper! If you are depending on people to make your dream happen, change your way of thinking! Depend on God to make it happen and He'll bring the right people to accomplish His dream for you!!! You know when you follow God, it's His dream for your life! Looks a little differently when you begin to see it that way, doesn't it?
One of the dreams I believe God has for me is to travel! I want to do huge concerts and have inspiring conferences that infuse people with possibility! I want them to dare to dream and dare to hope, but trusting in the right ONE to make the dreams and hopes possible! Not everyone will understand why you dream what you dream! The right people will however!
The other night I was outside in parking lot of the church I attend. My pastor had just taught and in his teaching he shared about a pastor in South Africa believing God for a larger home. At the time he lived with his wife and child in a tiny 1 bedroom apartment. When people would come over he would say "this is my master suite, this is the guest bedroom, this is my office, etc." He literally would just be turning around in one place, pointing at areas in this tiny apartment. A few years later, someone built this huge home for him and his family! So as my friend Michele and I were talking about this, I pointed to the parking lot and said, "Michele, look at my huge tour bus! It's everything I wanted. It's black with big silver swirls (I love black and silver) and shiny wheels. The master suite is mine, but there are plenty of bunks for all of us. We can all switch the master suite every week so we all can enjoy it! Oh, you'll have to deal with my dogs too. The dogs go with me on the road! See the big TDahl written on the side there? Well, Michele, let's get on the bus, its time to ride!" Just as I finished speaking that, no joke, a big tour bus that was black with silver swirls passes right by the church! I flipped out and started jumping up and down and screaming with this hope that exploded in my heart!! The bus missed its stop because it didn't turn around and pick us up, but hey, the fact is, I saw a glimpse of the dream and it made my heart soar with excitement!!!
So can I just encourage you to get on board with God and dream big!!! HOPE HUGE!!! The possibilities are limitless with God!!!
TDahl
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