7 things to accomplish your dreams |

In the last blog, we began to dream. I know God has given you a dream. Have you taken the time to really think about all that God has for you to do? I’m in awe when I really begin to think about the privilege that God has given you and I to partner with Him in building His kingdom.

Today I’m going to begin to share “7 Things (that I have learned in my own life) to Help you Accomplish Your Dreams.” We won’t get through all seven today, but I believe that if you begin to put these guides into practice, you’ll see God begin to make your dreams a reality. You affect your own life. I wish that I could regulate other people’s spiritual appetite…but I can’t. They have to decide what they will do with their life each and every day. It’s the same with you. But I believe that you want more…or you wouldn’t be taking the time to read this blog. So I know you’re a dreamer. What are the dreams you have for your life this year? Do you have dreams to be a better husband? A better wife? A better student? A better son? A better child of God?

#1. Define Your Dream (Write it Down)

The first thing we have to do is write it down. You must have something to write down and that is why I took the time to write the last blog. You have a dream. We all do. Without that, it’d be hard to start the process of seeing it come to pass. Let me ask you a question, how important is your life? I would dare to say that it’s pretty important or you wouldn’t be taking the time to make it better. You control the outcome of your life, no one else. You control the attitude that you have when certain things happen…no one else can do it for you. Don’t let other people affect the quality of your life…they’re just flies on the wall anyway.

People with goals succeed, people with plans move forward.

Take the time today to write down the vision that God has given to you. Don’t stay in the same place too long. In football, each team has 25 seconds to come up with a plan and then attack. It’s sad however that some people have been stuck in a huddle for years. Don’t be that person. Write down the things that God has been telling you today.

#2. Divine Dreams Require Patience (Trust God’s Clock)

Patience. Now that’s a hard one right there. Would you describe yourself as patient? In my natural nature…I am not even close to being patient. What about you? You know when I’m patient? When I pray. It’s only in those times when I get alone with God that I am able to put my trust fully in Him and all that He desires to do in my life. I shared in the last blog that it took 17 years for the promise that God gave me to unfold. 17 years!!! Talk about patience. The great thing about our God…is that he knows WHEN. He knows when we’re ready for promotion. He knows when we’re ready for His blessings. He knows when we’re ready to step into the next level of what He has planned for us. He knows WHEN…

There were many people in the Bible that had to learn patience. Noah had to wait 120 years for the ark to be completed (talk about a project). Abraham had to wait years for a son. Sometimes, we’re going to have to wait. And it won’t matter how much we want it to happen, how much we plead or how frustrated we might get…it still will only happen in God’s timing. Don’t be like Sarah who took it upon herself to come up with a plan to try to help God. She decided that since she was beyond the age of child bearing that she would have Hagar (her servant) bear a child with Abraham. Let me just throw this in for free…God doesn’t need our help. He knows exactly what He is doing. And when we decide to step out because of impatience, like Sarah…we’ll give birth to things in the flesh. Learn to trust God’s timing. When you don’t trust God’s timing…you’ll start asking the WHY & WHEN question. Take a real honest look at your life today…have you been trusting God’s Clock? Or maybe…have you been a little on the impatient side and trying to do things in your own strength?

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they might have life and have it to the full.” – John 10:10

Let me start this blog off by saying that this is going to be the best year of your life. I believe that with all of my heart! If you’re breathing as you’re reading this (go ahead and take a deep breath just to make sure that’s you) then God is not finished with you. There’s still a work that He has for you to accomplish. I love how Jesus says it in this verse, “I have come that they might have life and have it to the full.” He’s talking to YOU & I! He wants you to have a FULL life! Another version puts it like this, “I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.” I’m so excited to see what God is going to do in your life this year. It’s going to be better than you could of dreamed of. Believe me, The Best is Yet to Come!!!

Over the next few blogs, we’re going to dream. And if I were you, I’d dream big. I don’t know about you, but I serve a big God. He has given me some big dreams. Dreams that are so big that I need His help to see them come to pass. Are those the kind of dreams you have? I believe God has a special dream he has already given you. I’d dare to go as far as saying that some of you already know what that dream is. Maybe there was a dream you had last year but weren’t able to see it come to pass. I want to encourage you to get up, dust yourself off and get back to it. I remember the first time God told me I was going to be a pastor. Something inside of me thought that it was going to happen the very next year. Well…was I wrong. It actually took 17 years to see it come to pass. Should I repeat that? 17 years! There’s going to be a little thing called “The Process” for all of us. But God is with you & here’s a little secret between you and I…God’s promises don’t have an expiration date attached to them! I know that’s good news to someone. Be encouraged today. God still has greater things for you. He has a dream he wants you to accomplish. It might seem a little far fetched…but that’s the God we serve. He’s in the business of working out the impossible.

So what’s your dream? What’s your passion? What do you have a strong desire for this year? Maybe you want to see God do something new in your family, your marriage, your career, your finances, your spiritual life or some other area in your life. This could even be the year that you start to give back to those around you in a brand new way. Maybe God’s been putting it in your heart to open up your house to host a bible study (life group), helping people who might of came from a similar background as yourself or maybe just by being more available with the gifts and talents God has given you. The possibilities are endless. If you don’t know, I’d like to encourage you to make some time this week to get alone with God. Quiet yourself in His presence and ask God to begin to speak to you. Ask him to show you what He wants you to do this year.

In Genesis 37:5-11, the Bible talks about how “Joseph had a dream.” I want you to go ahead and put your name there. “Wilber had a dream” or “Matilda had a dream.” You see where I’m going with this? God has a dream for you! Our dreams are like a sharp double edged sword by which we cut through disappointments, discouragements, adversity and evil opposition. Like we read in the beginning…it’s the thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy. Maybe the enemy tried to come and do that to your dream this year. But I want to encourage you to start dreaming again. It’s a brand new year. God wants the best for you and your entire family.

I remember when I first came to know Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior that my dreams were small. I just wanted to be a different person. If you’re there, start there. Once you begin to dream, God will exceed your expectations time and time again. I encourage you to begin dreaming today. The Bible is full of people who had dreams. So, what’s yours? This is your year and The Best is Yet to Come!!!

“If you can dream it, you can it.” – Walt Disney