Maybe God’s A Dreamer

Posted on 02.18.07 in Faith and there are 7 comments.

I was reading through my journal yesterday and came across this entry. It really inspired me and I hope it might do the same for you.

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So one of the main things that God has been teaching me is that I want to think outside the box.

Actually, my motto has been that I want to “Crush The Stupid Box.”

I think that the enemy’s key tool in limiting the power and effectiveness of believers is to make them think only inside of the box.

“I am a middle class American Christian and this is what my life is supposed to look like. This is what my church is supposed to look like and these are the things God can do. Anything outside my box is fanatical and I don’t really want to be a part of it.”

I think that when I confine myself to that box, I limit the power and plans of God in my life.

Just because I’m a stay at home mom doesn’t mean that my life must look like “this, this and this.”

In God, a worldwide revival could start with me. In God, I could pray for someone to be raised from the dead and see it happen. In God, I could somehow become President of The United States and radically influence the world.

Sounds crazy? Maybe. But the idea that I want to get through to my brain is that God can do A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

If man can walk on the moon, surely God can do…

Anything. Anything. Anything. Anything. Anything. Anything. Anything.

Come on now. He spoke the world into existence. Surely He has bigger plans for me than to pray for Mary’s cold to get better or to be content leading Wednesday night Bible Study.

All these things are good, but maybe God’s a dreamer and maybe He wants me to be one too and dream big things with Him.

Maybe He wants me to live outside the box I’ve created and confined Him to.

Maybe He’s more than I’ve thought, will ever know or could possibly dream.

So, I’m going to start dreaming and find out.
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Thoughts?

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wow...what a inspiration…

I love reading my old journal entries! 

this is a good one!  I definitely think that we often settle for far less than we could really have in the Christian life.  After all, didn’t Jesus tell us we could move mountains with just a little bit of faith?

Nice post!  I often pray for God to surprise me because anything that I can dream up pales in comparison to what He can (or would like to) accomplish.

In a bible study I was doing we talked about this.  The thought that asking God for anything and that it pleases Him.  Similar to the concept of a child asking for a pony or an elephant for their birthday, just because they believe that anything is possible. 
That’s an awesome entry, and inspiring!

You are speaking my language here sister. Preach it.

Anyone who tells you that God isn’t the giver and maker of dreams is a sad victim of the ideology that says all passion and desire is evil.  These are not evil, they are just tainted, however God HEALS, renews and restores our nature so that we can be passionate and pursue our dreams without those passions and dreams becoming our ultimate source of Joy.  Instead they become redirected and more powerful, filled with Joy.

It takes a brave soul to step out into that realm.  It is challenging.  As soon as you start pursuing that dream you might see how prideful you really are, or have been without exposing it.  That is when you either push through and let God do some serious healing or you can sink back into a “safe” place where you won’t be hurt by criticism and praise.  It is much easier to sit back and think “well I COULD do that if I WANTED to” rather than actually sticking your neck out and giving it a go.

About the asking God thing, I agree with Kristin, God wants you to ask and it is just like the child asking.  I remember asking year after year for a BB gun when I was a kid.  It wasn’t that my parents didn’t want me to eventually have that, it was just I was too young to have it when I first started asking.  It might have (and would have) been harmful to a 5 year old.  The asking and the desire wasn’t necessarily bad, the real test came when I was told to wait. 

Dreams are beautiful.

Great and encouraging words, Kat. Thanks.

I’m glad you all were encouraged by this. It’s one thing to write “blog entries” but it’s another thing to post journal entries verbatim onto a website for the world to see.

I’ve taken this post to heart and have two “dreams” I’m dreaming. I’ll be rather vague as they both affect people other than myself, but one is for a salvation and the other is for a particular financial breakthrough for someone.

Both of these because of location or my financial limitations, are situations that I can’t really directly affect apart from prayer. So I’m anxious to start praying and believing and seeing what God does.

If you haven’t already done so, I encourage you to not just be inspired, but to hang your hat on something only God can do, pray for it and see what He does.

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