Keep Dreaming

Keep Dreaming "I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." Psalm 40:8 I remember one of my college professors telling our class that we could be whatever we want to be in life, and that we should always keep our dreams alive. I was reminded of this the other day when I got behind a young man on his bicycle. He was wearing a T-shirt which had this message. "I am going to be president when I grow up." On his bike he had this message. "I am going to be a Mercedes someday." This young man certainly had lofty dreams, but without dreams we will never reach the pinnacle of life that we want to reach. To keep your dream alive and find fulfillment in the pursuit of it, you must allow yourself to keep dreaming. God gave Joseph two dreams: in the first, other sheaves of wheat bowed down to his; in the second, other stars bowed down to his. Note, he dreamed progressively higher, from sheaves to stars. Most creative people intuitively understand the importance of dreaming as a process for inspiration, motivation and fulfillment. If you are not a naturally creative person, then you have to learn how to keep dreaming. Also a sense of humor doesn't hurt either, as many of our dreams are sometimes greater than we can imagine, and are beyond the sphere of what others might think of what we expect out of life. I recently ran across an article about Andrew Carnegie, who was a Christian philanthropist during the early 1900's, who said, "If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes." Our dreams should always be aligned with God's will for us, and if they are meshed with God's plans for us, these dreams can become realities. When David said, "I delight to do Your will, O my God," he simply meant you'll find your highest fulfillment in doing what God put you on this earth to do. Robert W. Brock My Daily Devotional Volume Seven September 17