Have You Started Realizing Your Dreams?

Do you have big dreams?  Do you have something placed by God, in your heart that is burning to come to pass?  What is hiding deep on the inside of you that wants to be birthed?  What is stopping your dream from coming true? 

When a hectic life, a busy family, a career, eat up our time and occupy all of our thoughts, it's easy for those dreams to get pushed down and sometimes even forgotten.  I would challenge you to search your heart and write down those things that you long to see come to pass.  Maybe now isn't the time in your life for those dreams to come to fruition, but it's always time to keep them alive.  It's always time to take little steps towards reaching those goals.



What dream God has written on your heart?



After you write down what's on your heart, I suggest the next step would be to think about small doable goals that will start you down the path you need to be headed, and write those down.  Maybe you could find someone who has done something similar and talk to them.  Don't be afraid to ask questions.  I have found that, while people won't give away their "trade secrets", they are happy to warn of pitfalls and  shortcuts that could cause harm or delay to your goals.  Maybe you could even find someone who could mentor you in whatever area you need some skill building.  If your dream involves starting a business, do you know someone who has experience in writing business plans?  Maybe you could pick their brains on how they wrote their business plan.



Do you know how to write a business plan?


One area that I have struggled with in the past, is a negative attitude towards my ability to see my passions come to pass.  Even when co-workers, friends, family and sometimes, strangers would tell me that I would be a great success, I would beat myself up.  I would think, "No, I just don't have what it takes;  I'm not creative enough; my ideas are not that good.  Somebody else is already doing it better."  So, instead of thanking God everyday that He put a dream in my heart and praising Him because He was going to help me move forward, I
shut myself down, squashing the dreams of my life.

One day, I woke up and realized that if God put a hope and a dream on the inside of me, then He would provide a way to walk it out with me.  He wants us to take the initiative, to do the work and He can make divine connections and wonderful appointments that we would have never thought possible.  So don't think your dreams are trivial or too big or out of reach!  Take one step at a time, always go back to Him, the giver of the dream, and take small slow steps!

Don't just believe in your dreams, but in the One who gave them to you.  Today is the beginning of all of the rest of your days.  Pray it out.  Ask for His guidance and wisdom.  Write something down, take a step, move towards your goal.  Philippians 3:14 says to "Press forward towards the mark of the high calling of God, in Jesus Christ."  He won't let you down.  He will walk with you and see you through to the end!  What hopes and dreams do you have hidden in your heart?  What are the things that you long to see come to pass?  Share with us what steps you have taken so that you are moving towards the mark of the high calling!


From His Lap,