Fulfilling Your God Given Dreams

Growing up as children we all have different dreams, and aspirations as to what we want to be when we grow up. Often times those dreams are nothing more than glamorized wishes or fantasies, but sometimes unbeknownst to us, God gives us glimpses into our future.

Sadly by the time we reach early adulthood, many of those dreams are shattered due to life’s circumstances, trials and heartaches. We lose sight to those things that once gave us hope and inspiration, and get caught up in the downward spiral of life complacencies and routines. As we grow older, we become more and more disheartened as we are sure our opportunity has passed.

But I’m glad to report that this is not so, all is not lost. There is hope and restoration for all that God has promised to you.

One of the best examples of this truth, is the story of Joseph (Genesis Chapter 37 to 45). God had given him a divine dream, which he would reign over his brothers; in his excitement he shared this with his brothers, who became hateful and jealous. This exchange would be the first of many trials Joseph would face. . His brothers plotted to kill him, but instead sold him into slavery, his master’s wife tried to seduce him and when he refused she lied and he was thrown into jail. He helped exonerate a wrongly imprisoned butler, who later forgot the promise he made to Joseph to help him to be freed. It wasn’t until 2 years after the butler was freed, that he remembered Joseph. Pharaoh needed an interpretation of a dream he was given, and the butler finally remembered there was Joseph; after all it was Joseph’s interpretation of a dream that freed him. When Pharaohs deemed Joseph’s interpretation as acceptable and wise, he began to finalize, what God had already put in motion years before. It was almost 10 years, between the time God gave Joseph the dream, and the dream was actually fulfilled.

What am I saying? Don’t allow hope to be stripped from your heart and mind!! Moving forward in life, after a painful past, is at best a difficult task. Letting go of years of pain, suffering, accusations, rejection and betrayal can sometimes seem impossible, but when you place your life in the Hands of the Lord of the Universe, he can make what seems lost and forgotten, a bright reality.

In the journey to recovering your God-given dreams there are four things you will actively need to do, to see them accomplished:

1.) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding ( Proverbs 3:5) For if the dreams you posses are truly GOD-Inspired, then only GOD can bring them to pass. Trying to fulfill them on your own will waste your God given, talents, times, tissues, treasures and tongues. .
2.) Don’t focus on the amount of time that has passed until your dreams materialize. Instead focus on what God has allowed you to accomplish, while you wait for your dreams to materialize. Often times God is trying to prepare us for what he has in store for us. But we get caught up in why so much time has passed and questioning why we had to experience so many negative situations, that we overlook what he is and has accomplished in us.

3.) Don’t complain, Don’t worry, Don’t fret, Don’t give up, and don’t allow your situations and circumstances to dictate to you the outcome of your life. God has complete control and dominion over the things of this world, and He alone has the final authority of your life!!!
For dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations. (Psalms 22:28)

4.) Worship God- The more you keep your mind, heart, spirit and soul focused on worshipping God, the less your circumstances will be in view!!!

Be Blessed…