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If you are not dreaming, if you don’t have a goal for life and
if you do not have a vision, you are dying. Because you’re either growing or you’re dying. We develop our dreams and then they develop
us. Our dreams define us. I believe when
an ordinary person is committed to a great dream, it makes that person a great
person. If you want to be healthy, you
must have a dream to live for. God
expects you to use your imagination.

In Ephesians 3:20-21 the apostle Paul writes, ““Now
to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according
to the power that works in you, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus to all generations.” God’s dream for you hasn’t changed. He is still able to do more than we could
ever think or imagine according to His power, not ours. God’s dream for your
life is for His glory, not yours. I am reminded that God’s vision is about
people. God loves people more than anything. That is why you are alive. You
are not a biological entity. Even though it was through biological processes
that you were conceived and continue to develop physiologically, you have God’s
fingerprints all over you. He created you to love you and for you to love Him
back. The more we love God, the less fear we will
have. It is a matter of trust. When we realize that God will take care of us,
it relieves our fear.

Open your heart to God’s
love. When you do, He can work in your life to bring fulfillment, joy, success,
and service to Him. When you open your heart to Him, you are inviting Him to be
the one and only leader of your life on this short journey on earth and for the
time that we call eternity. If you really, really want God to work his vision
in your life you must learn to love Him and other people who walk this life
with us. Love is not a feeling; it is a verb in action. I can best define love
in this manner – love is when you are willing to sacrifice yourself for the
good of another. When you experience this kind of love you don’t have to worry
about fear.

Over the years of reading and attending conferences I
have come across many people that God has done a “God thing” in their life,
family, or church. It is amazing to hear the stories of people who have prayed
for an unsaved family member for years, to see them become Christ followers and
to see churches that have exploded with growth by reaching the multitudes of
their world who didn’t know Christ. God’s vision for the world is still the same today as it was 2,000 years
ago and that is to see those who are lost come to know Him through his Son
Jesus. That is His dream for the world. What’s yours?