“Dream”

Over the past couple of months I have been working on an event for the Ladies Ministry titled "Dream". We had our "Dream" event a few weeks ago and it was great! We were able to launch our latest series and we have begun to study Hannah and the details of "entrusting your dreams to God". With all the focus on dreams it has got me thinking a lot about what that means or what that even looks like.

Too many times I think we give up on our dreams or shrink back on pursuing our dreams because we buy in to the lies of the enemy. Are we afraid of something? Are we unable to trust that God is big enough for our dream? Do we doubt the possibility of the dreams we really have in our hearts? I think if we are honest with ourselves we would see that we have most likely hit each one of these places at one time or another. After posing these questions to myself I began to hear the Holy Spirit encourage me once again with a new set of questions. Doesn't God have bigger dreams for us than we even have for ourselves (1 Cor 2:9)? Isn't God, God Almighty (Gen 17:1-2)? Doesn't the greater one live on the inside of us (1 John 4:4)?

This process of questioning brought me to a new place as I began to remember some truths I had heard before; for starters, the issue of God being big enough for what I have dreamed of. Something interesting about God is that He is already as big as He is ever going to be… God is already as big as He needs to be. The question is not, "is God big enough?" The question is: "Is God big enough inside of me, inside of you?"! We need to magnify God in us, in our situations and in our dreams (Ps 34:3). We need to see God as bigger than anything we face or feel.

Just a thought, but didn't God reveal Himself as God Almighty? God revealed Himself as El Shaddai to Abram, to His people and to us. When God revealed His heart and His character as El Shaddai, He clearly let it be known that He was able to handle any situation that confronts His people; that He was self sufficient, almighty, able. God is saying that He is bigger than any obstacle and that He will always fulfill His promises to us despite any problem!

Be encouraged to pursue the dreams that God wants to birth in and through your life (Phil 3:14)! Magnify God in you – He is big enough, He is able, He is Almighty! Dream big and know that God is with you.