Hold onto the dream God's given you. It may be years, but God holds the key to your dreams in His hands. Like a lump of clay on a potter's wheel, it is not destined to stay a lump. It is a process. Just like you would not give up on your child and call him or her hopeless, don't give up on the dream God has given you. Yes, God may tweak it, it may "feel" as if God is starting from scratch and all your work went to nothing, but God is doing the building. Nothing God puts His hands to do is worthless or pointless.
Though it tarries, it will come to pass, if your hope does not fail. Do not settle for that status quo. Do not get so used to not having it that you get comfortable where you are at. Get your mind out of that rut. Things could change at a moment's notice. The rut is not God's norm for you. The waiting time is a doing time, not a sit-on-your-butt time; it's preparation time. You want change, expect change to happen.
God doesn't want us to just settle. He has big plans for you, for each and every one of you. So what are you doing?
Deam Big! Nurture the dream, by focusing on aspects of it, mulling it over in your mind, feeding it. Ask God for a "living" dream...for God to make it tangible for you.
What big dreams does He have for you? If it's not big, it's not God's. His dream for you is a God-sized dream, otherwise, it's just something man could do in his own strength, his own way. But if it's a dream God has given you, you will not be able to do it on your own. And only God-sized dreams can satisfy the soul of a believer.
Look at each dream. How does it feel? What lives are supposed to be touched for the Glory of God through this dream? What kind of Kingdom difference can it make? What is God using to feed it? How are you trying to feed it? Are you feeding it what God knows will make it thrive?
Want different results than what you have been getting? Change the process. Ask God how to get on track. He will tell you if you ask. Be willing to work with His timetable. Ask Him what your next step is. He will tell you, He will give you a plan.
Ask for specifics, get and set clear goals. You don't want fuzzy or vague goals. So there needs to be some type of structure. But at the same time, be flexible, give the dream breathing room. A dream will get smothered if you try to force it into a strict time-table.
Hold your dream up to the Light. Let the Light of God shine upon it. Ask God what He sees. Allow God to direct the process, knowing that He wants this dream He has for you far more than you ever can.
And remember, He chose you to be His vessel for this work upon this earth. He chose you to be the carrier for His call and His dreams. Will you accept this honor?
And if for no other reason than your Love for the Lord God, and your willingness to obey Him, you cannot say no.
So...
Dream Big!
