LIVING YOUR DREAM

Do you find yourself at a place today where you feel disappointed, over looked, and discouraged?

Do you ever feel like your dreams will never become a reality?

Do you feel like everybody else’s dreams are becoming a reality and you are left to just be happy for them and melt in your depravity?

If you have been feeling this way lately remember this – God hasn’t forgotten about you.  He hasn’t forgotten about your dreams and the promises over your life.  But you must also know this  – there is a process and the process is vital in you living in your place of destiny.

So many people are quick to say that they want the success they see in others – but not many are willing to walk the arduous road that it takes to get to that place of success. I believe God wants to help you to develop some things in your life so that you can reach our fullest potential.

Somewhere along the way we have come up with this philosophy that being a Christian is suppose to be easy and that living our dreams is something that suppose to just happen for us.

But your dreams are something you have to fight for.

We are so quick to blame God for what He hasn’t done to make our dreams a reality.  Do you really have faith that God wants to bless you?  Do you really believe that the lover of your soul is for you and not against you?  If you do, then you might need to change your mindset so that you can move past where you are and get to where you are going.

There is only one person that can keep us from our dreams.  That one person is not the devil – although he may try hard to disable us.  The only person that can keep you from your dreams is YOU.  God has called you to great places in your life.  He wants the best for you.  No demon in all of hell can stop what God desires to do.  But if you believe his lies and stop participating in the process – you can and will keep yourself from your destiny.

Many times our dreams are not a reality because of our own failure to do our part in the process.  Please hear this from someone who is walking this whole “living your dreams” thing out too.  It’s not easy.  Yet sometimes, instead of digging in, being relentless, and pursuing our dreams – we throw ourselves a pity party and talk about how much easier it would be to give up.  We want to talk about how much easier it was when we were in our “Egypt” – in the very place that held us captive from our dreams.

Can I give you a quick psychology lesson?  Psychology tells us that what you think about you will speak about – what you speak about you will act on – and what you act on you will become. So, where have your thought processes been?  Have you been telling yourself “this is too hard,”  “I’ll never make it,” or “this is never going to happen for me.”  The reality is that if you dwell on that long enough it is what you will act on and ultimately what will steer your direction in life.  You will never fulfill your dreams if you are constantly dwelling on these lies.  You’ve got to change the way you think.  How do you do that?  Get into the Word of God.  Open up your Bible and read it.  Listen to sermons.  Listen to Christian music.  Begin to claim the scripture over your life – even when you don’t feel it. Tell yourself “I’m not quitting, I’m not giving up, I refuse to settle or go back – no matter what.” If you want to reach your dreams, you’ve got to dig down deep and fight for them.

You have an enemy of your soul, the Devil, who will attack you in the areas of your vulnerabilities when you are most vulnerable to attack.  He doesn’t want you to reach your goals.  He doesn’t want you to step into your anointing.  He doesn’t want your dreams to become a reality.  He lies in wait for you.  He sets up strategic plans of attack for you – to keep you from living in the place God has called you to live.

I believe that there are some Christians who need to bow up and say – “I’m not stopping, I’m not quitting, I don’t care how hard it gets, I am going after my dreams, my destiny, and my anointing and I will not be stopped.”  That might require that you spend some time in the desert – don’t quit!  That might mean you feel isolated and lonely – keep going.  That might even mean that you feel disappointed, rejected, hurt, and overwhelmed.  YOUR GOD GIVEN DREAMS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR!!!  Don’t be distracted by temporary fixes – God didn’t design your life so intricately for you to settle for second best!  He didn’t bring you this far just to drop you off.  HE WANTS YOU LIVING IN THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY!!!

Getting to that place where you are living your dreams will take determination and focus.  It will take you never, ever quitting – no matter what.  It will mean you have to cling to the Word of God- NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL.  Getting there takes someone who is willing to be tenacious.  Someone who will have the same relentless heart like Jacob that says “I will not let go until you bless me.”   And the person who is willing to walk that road WILL see the promises of God fulfilled in their lives.  There is not a doubt in my mind.  Do you trust Him?  The destiny He has created for you is SO WORTH IT!

Pastor Shelly Riker