Let’s start the week off with the most ridiculous and funny video I’ve seen all week…

Living your dreams.

Maybe it’s to be a singer/songwriter.  A youth pastor. A millionaire real estate developer.  A coffeeshop owner. A doctor. Lawyer. Butcher.  Busker.  Writer.  Church planter. Fire-eater.

Whatever your current dreams are, you need to run them through a filter to make sure they’re legit.

1. Is this really God’s dream for my life?

I don’t think most people ever got honest about this one.  Very few people take the time to think with their brains and actually work out the implications of their WANTS and in so doing, forfeit their DREAMS.  For example, ‘being famous’ isn’t a good reason to do anything, if only because you have no idea if being famous is your highest purpose.  It’s probably foolish to make your dream to become the greatest basketball player in history, only because that’s a pride-based dream and demands the sacrifice of putting yourself on top of others.  To become the greatest player that YOU can ever be, now that’s a worth goal.  But probably not your dream.  We need to think consciously and pray and ask God what’s what…because great are the plans that he has for us.  Not necessarily huge, but certainly great.

2. Is this going to help others?

Any dream that exists just to make you comfy/rich/famous/powerful/happy is a shallow dream, and certainly not one worth dedicated your time and life to.  No- the greatest dreams mankind have lived out are those that reach into the lives of others and capture the essence of your humanity- togetherness, community, love.  It’s naive and blind to think that you can achieve any dream on your own, so why assume that you get to keep all the rewards from it too?!

3. How am I going to get there?

Most people will never reach this step.  On top of the fact that most will never seek God’s face nor ask if it will help others, the majority of humanity will soon settle into a plan B… a steady/safe/path-of-least-resistance career and sell their precious hours in exchange for fleeting dollars.  We fail to plan, and therefore, plan to fail.  “Without counsel a king loses a war.”  “Without wisdom a tower cannot be built.”  “Without careful planning a man cannot build his house or barns.”  God put these verses in the Bible for a reason- because he wants us to be smart!!!

Wise.  He wants us to take the skills and talents and knowledge and experience that He gave us, seek his face, and then put a plan of action into place- a plan that, when committed to God, cannot fail.

This is the art of living your dreams.

Jay

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