Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Give God Your Dreams

Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you. -- Psalm 37:5

What aren’t you doing today because you don’t believe you can? What are you holding back? What have you given up? What makes you sad? What dream do you believe is long dead?

The thing about God is that He can make anything happen. No matter who tells you something won’t work. No matter how many people shoot down your dreams. No matter how impossible something seems. If you commit what you’re doing to God, He can make it happen.

Facing the Giants is one of my favorite movies. The characters overcome incredible odds but clearly show that lives dedicated to God and living for Him can overcome impossible odds. Who could ever imagine that a church in Albany, Georgia, could make such a powerful movie? God did. He planted the seeds and His people trusted Him to use them and make it happen.

They prepared for Him. That’s the key. You can have all the dreams in the world, but if you don’t do the work those dreams aren’t going to happen. It’s not like God is going to wave a magic wand over you and suddenly you’ll have a business, or a new ministry, or a home of your own. You have to do your part so that God can do His.

One scene in the movie involves a former soccer player turned field goal kicker. At the very end, he’s called to kick the winning field goal. It’s way further than he’s ever kicked. He’s convinced he can’t do it. He goes onto the field wearing defeat before he’s even tried. He’s given up.

The coach asks his player if the player believes God could kick that field goal. Silly question. Of course God could kick the field goal! Well, the coach tells him, just give it his best effort and let God do the rest. Naturally, the field goal makes it and the team wins. Because God can do anything. He only asks that we give Him our best. That we show up. That we trust Him.

This doesn’t mean that God is going to give us everything we want. But if we seek His will, follow His path, He will help us. Trust Him. Again and again in the Bible we are told to trust God. In all things. At all times. He won’t fail us. Ever.

So brush off those dreams. Rethink those plans. Talk to God about what you truly want to do. Then listen to what He has to say. Maybe what you always believed was out of reach, isn’t so impossible after all.