DREAM!

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering ;( for he is faithful that promised ;).

— Hebrews 10:23

 

In the seventies, I was introduced to an artist, Sammy Hall.  Music has always spoken to me, in the past and even today!  He sang a song "Don't Let Anyone Steal your Dream."  Not only let them steal your dream but just take it and dump it off somewhere to rot.  Back then most of my dreams were to meet my expectations materialistically and emotionally. Today, I focus on what God has called me to do!  Yet in either case, I refuse to allow anyone to steal, take or destroy my God given dream to reach others with His love, salvation, healing and deliverance.  My ultimate dream is to speak to the multitudes and testify to what He is doing on earth today!

 

What do you want God to accomplish through you in this life? What are the dreams you think about every night when your head hits the pillow, or every day when no one else is around? Do you daydream about what you would like to become or do in the years that lie ahead? Have you considered the possibility that these daydreams may in fact be the will of God for your life — dreams He placed deep down inside your spirit that are starting to be awakened? Is it possible that this is the timing for God's dream for your life to be ignited in your soul?

 

Dreams are powerful. They usually seem impossible at first, but those who dare to do the impossible are the ones who eventually see the impossible come to pass in their lives. And with God all things are possible—therefore, why not dream BIG!  Everything great starts as a dream. Consider the example of Thomas Edison, who worked so long and furiously to realize his dream of the light bulb. Although Edison failed literally thousands of times in the earliest pursuits of his dream, he learned from every failure and pushed forward. Finally, his dream came to pass, and it changed the course of human history.

 

What if this brilliant man had given up and given in to discouragement? I am sure someone else along the way would have invented the light bulb, but Edison would not have had the great honor of being a part of it.

 

There are loads of Biblical examples of individuals who had a dream. Joseph with the coat of many colors! He was cast away by his family as a slave, and as dead.  Because Joseph hung onto his dream, he ultimately was able to rescue his family.  Moses had the Promised Land! After wondering around for years and finally reaching the Promised Land. Let us look at the dream God gave Abraham — called the father of our faith — regarding a new land and a new people. When God first spoke to him about the son He would give him, Abraham and his wife had long been infertile and unable to conceive a child. The thought of having a baby probably seemed like an unattainable fantasy to them. They could have asked themselves, Is this really the plan of God for our lives, or is this a hallucination?  Are we delirious?

 

God also promised Abraham a new land but didn't tell him where it was located. In their efforts to find that land, Abraham and Sarah were stricken with colossal challenges, problematic circumstances, and horrible dysfunctional family problems. First, Abraham's father died. Then they lost their nephew Lot to Sodom and Gomorrah . Abraham also took Hagar as a second wife, producing a son that didn't belong to Sarah and a great deal of jealousy and strife. In addition, Abraham and Sarah experienced a terrible famine in their promised territory that forced them to leave due to a lack of food. Traveling to Egypt in search for food, they soon found themselves evicted from that land as well.

 

At any moment, it would have been so easy for Abraham and Sarah to say, "Enough is enough! Pack it up — we're going back home to the city of Ur !" But instead of giving in to defeat and discouragement, they held tightly to the dreams God had put in their hearts and kept pursuing those dreams until they had witnessed their fulfillment..

 

God can only give us the dream. It is up to us to hang on, be steadfast and pursue it no matter what. If you want to see the dream God has given you fulfilled in your life, it is imperative that you have this same attitude. As Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)."

 

Hold fast, it could be a roller coaster ride.  Life is full of surprises and curve balls. For your dream to be realized there is a process of preparation, cultivating and planning.  Then of course there are those events that un-expectantly try to steal the dream and make it seem not worth pursuing.

 

Once you have truly made this dream yours, having hidden it in your heart and made it part of you, you will be on your way to possessing the land (so to speak). It does not matter how long it takes, you just know that it will be so! As long as it is yours, it belongs to no other, it is YOURS.

 

The phrase "hold fast" could mean that you will possess this dream and hold it captive in your heart like a thick headed mule!  You will eat it, drink it, play it, and sleep it refusing to let it slip away from you.

 

This is the attitude you must have if you want to see your God-given dream come to pass. You have to wrap your arms around that word from God and never stop believing and pursuing your dream until it comes to pass. If you'll hold fast to your dream, it won't be able to get away from you, nor will anyone else be able to take it away from you!

 

When you finally discover God's will for your life — when His plan finally begins to awaken in your heart and you know exactly what you are to do — hold fast to that dream.. Tightly embrace what God has shown you. Seize it — wrap your arms of faith around it. Hold it down, and hold it tight!

 

Whenever you are tempted to get discouraged, give up, and release your dream, remember Abraham and Sarah. Although it took them awhile to receive their dream of a son, and although they had to overcome titanic hurdles along the way, they refused to let go of that dream and eventually saw it come to pass. In the end, they discovered that their dream was not a hallucination; it really was a word from God!

 

If you'll hold tight and refuse to let go of YOUR dream, it will just be a matter of time until you see it come to pass! Place all your weight on top of that dream so that NOTHING can steal it away from you!

 

Boldly declare that your word from God will come to pass! It may take a little while for it to happen, but you will firmly hang on to the promise God has given. And because you have the tenacity of a bull and refuse to let the dream slip from your heart, as you stand by faith and declare that it is only a matter of time, you will see the manifestation of that Godly dream come to pass.  Declare it in faith by the blood and in the name of Jesus!