Do you dream?
I dream, and I recently had a dream for a friend, myself and most likely for you.
In the dream my friend is standing in a room waiting for something. I don’t know what she’s waiting on, but I know she’s waiting.
There’s much activity happening around her, but she stands still—looking and watching.
I can tell she’s getting frustrated, discouraged and weary with waiting.
I can see something coming, but she can’t.
As long as there’s a reason, a hope, a God—believe.
Belief is more powerful than we can comprehend.
By it we realize our dreams; we actualize our desires or fears; we step into our destinies.
Wood, stone, hay and stumble will all rot and fade and burn away.
Plans will fail. Homes will come and go. People will die.
Have you ever found yourself with an incredible opportunity, but felt you couldn’t take part.
Something held you back…
A knot formed in your stomach, your throat began to tighten and you started working fidgeting fingers.
What was that?
Was it a no or was it fear?
I’m asking because it just happened to me.
Waiting doesn’t diminish you. It enlarges you with expectation.
It’s one of the most intense, overwhelming, God-trusting things you’ll ever do.
It sifts the impurities from your motives, refines the rust of your purpose and focuses your whole being on what’s eternal.
It creates patience in your soul, forms unshakeable trust in your heart and builds an immovable fortress around your life.
And, every person maturing and walking this journey has to do it.
Every person growing in God has waiting seasons.
So, how do we do it?
From the earliest age I’ve felt different.
I’ve had this sense that my life was meant for something great…this inner witness that foreshadows things to come, but things I can’t quite see or understand.
It’s something otherworldly, not born of the flesh or contrived in my mind.
It’s like a stamp on my soul that I can’t shake or remove.
Do you feel that way?
