PURSUE YOUR UNIQUE DREAM

PURSUE YOUR UNIQUE DREAM

 FAITH is a profoundly personal and powerful commodity.  As such, it should always be grounded in God’s Word, i.e. it must be based upon what THE CREATOR has purposefully spoken and seeded within, not on the outside limiting opinions of others.  After all, only THE MANUFACTURER is in position to reveal the ultimate purpose of what HE has created.  So throughout our lives, despite adverse circumstances or setbacks, we must have inner knowledge and supreme confidence that whatever GOD has spoken over us will ultimately come to pass.

 To assure that a heavenly vision would be reflected on and remembered, God instructed the prophet Habakkuk to “write the vision, and make it plain…that he may run that reads it.” (Habakkuk 2:2)  To wit, it is of strategic importance to record your dream and to share it (only) with faith-filled dreamers.

 Kingdom Principle Number One: YOUR LIFE-VISION IS FOR AN APPOINTED TIME.  The fulfillment of your dream will manifest at the intersection of CHRONOS (man’s time) and KAIROS (God’s time).  According to David, a blessed wo/man “brings forth fruit in HIS/HER SEASON.” (Psalm 1:3)  Please do not allow impatience or frustration to abort either the vision or the actualization of Heaven’s earthly prospects for you.

 Kingdom Principle Number Two: YOUR LIFE-VISION MUST ACCURATELY REFLECT GOD’S WORD.  Whatever the Holy Spirit has communicated during your private moments of prayer must be carefully confirmed and authenticated in THE WORD.  If there are any contradictions, you must revisit and reconfigure your dream.  If it is of GOD, it will surely stand the tests of time and trouble.  If not…well you already know.

 Kingdom Principle Number Three: YOUR LIFE-VISION WILL SURELY COME TO PASS.  Although this might seem somewhat cliché, it is unquestionable truth: ‘DELAY DOES NOT EQUAL DENIAL.’  Jesus Christ advised, “In your patience, possess ye your souls.” (Luke 21:19)  God’s admonition to Habakkuk is confirmation of the same: “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Habakkuk 2:3)

 So never fear or hesitant to become DREAMERS…DOERS…PIONEERS…TRAILBLAZERS.  Why?  Since God is the epitome of creativity, He forges and fosters distinctive plans and pathways for all of His children.  Therefore, no Kingdom endeavor should adopt a ‘cookie-cutter approach.’  In fact, winner-believers are as unique as snowflakes.  That is, no two disciples carry exactly twin hallmarks or missions.

 Although we submit to ONE LORD, subscribe to ONE FAITH, and drink of ONE BAPTISM (Ephesians 4:5), GOD has sown an endless array of variety into His world – and thus into us.  Bottom-line: THE LORD OF LIFE wants to use you and me in incredibly imaginative and personally particular ways.  So, we are obliged to keep on dreaming – to keep on reaching – even when others cannot discern or embrace our life-visions.

 The infinite diversity of our dreams reminds me of THE MOTH WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A STAR.  All his friends and relatives mocked him.  Every day, they told him he was being totally unrealistic, and urged him to focus his efforts on some local, possible, attainable goal: a street lamp, a porch light, a candle, a lantern, or even a chandelier.  But this moth was truly in love with his star, and steadfastly refused to give up.

 Unhappily, his parents, pals and siblings soon burned themselves out swarming around local and readily accessible lights, ending their days as charred bits of ash on sidewalks, porches, tables and floors.  But the steadfast moth enjoyed a lengthy, happy and healthy life in endless pursuit of his distant star.  Perhaps he never achieved his objective, but in some sense, the journey is just as important as the destination.  Truth is, small goals can be more detrimental and risky than more expansive ones.  SO GO FOR IT!  Never listen to the negative voices (without or within) that affirm doubt, delay or denial of whatever GOD HAS SPOKEN.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET YOUR SOON COMING KING.  Maranatha!