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We have been living in a time that will test our faith but it’s also a time that will build our faith stronger than ever before.
It’s easy after a year and half of COVID, and now a Hurricane to feel like we are just treading water.
But God still has a plan and a purpose for your lives…
Many of you have had God give you a goal or a dream for your life.
I am living mine… someone once said,
You shape your dreams and then your dreams shape you
Think about it.
Did you have a dream of what you wanted to do when you grew up?
After Katrina, someone told Kathy and I that now you can do and do whatever you want to do… to which we replied we are doing what we want.
Some of you probably dreamed of owning your own business… making good money… having a great family… to be a professional athlete… Write e book or a song… ME - It takes a thief…
It all begins with a dream from God of what he wants in your life.
Not all dreams are from the Lord… I doubt my It takes a thief dream was from God.
There is no such thing as great people… only ordinary people committed to great goals and dreams
When you hear from God and commit to a dream or goal, it draws something out of you and helps you become larger than you would become without the dream.
God will use dreams to shape you and direct you.
Bob when he became CEO… wanted to run the best Coffee Service company in the world… told God he was in over his head but if God would give him the wisdom, he would give God the credit.
– He did both
Our dreams determine how we feel about ourselves.
When we lose sight of them, we feel like we are drifting.
After a 2 year pandemic and hurricane that devastated us, it’s easy to feel like we are drifting.
No dream no esteem
God has a dream for each one of us.
I believe we can discover what that is if we take the following steps.
1. Dedicate every area of your life to the Lord
Paul is telling us that if we will live all out for the Lord, he will show us what he wants us to do.
Listen, God’s will is always good… and good for us.
His will is what you were designed to do.
You discover God’s will for your life by giving your life to Him… your time, talent, treasure, relationships, past experiences… the future.
Then Paul says,
Most of us miss God’s dream for us because we are too busy trying to fit into other’s dreams.
We are looking at others and not God.
If you are imitating someone else, you will miss what God wants you to be.
The number 1 reason people miss God’s dream is because they are trying to fit in.
If you really want what God has for you, you have to decide you will not settle for less.
Don’t settle for garbage when you can eat Ribeye.
God has a race for each one of us to run and if you are always looking at other people, you will end up running their race and not the one God has for you.
We have to get rid of anything that keeps us from running God’s race for us…
could be a job that keeps you out of church… hobby… a career other than the one God has for you.
a relationship … friendships… anyone or anything that keeps you from becoming who God wants you to be...
We have to rid our lives of anything that keeps us from being who God wants us to be… So dedicate your life to the Lord.
2. Reserve Time with God
We were created to spend time with God and you have to make time to spend with Him so you can hear him.
The reason you don’t hear God speak is that you never get yourself quiet so you can hear him.
Something is always going on in your mind and God can’t get though to you.
God wants to spend time with you.
You may wonder, why in the world would the creator of the world want to pend time with you?
I don’t know but he does.
He says to pay attention and consider… You have to stop what you are doing to do that.
Someone once said that Most of man’s problems come from his inability to be still.
Sometimes we get spiritual wiggles… we just can’t sit still and be quiet.
When you spend time with God, write down ideas and insights he gives you.
Ask, god where are you sending me.
Take or make time to spend with God.
God speaks to people who take the time to listen.
This is not a one time thing… it’s an every day habit.
3. Evaluate your abilities
God gives us all spiritual gifts, talents, experiences and desires.
Do you think God would give these to you if he didn’t want you to use them?
Ask yourself.
What am I good at?
What do I love to do?
What is my passion?
What is it that people affirm in me?
How can God use these abilities for his kingdom?
You are a masterpiece created by God with all these gifts, abilities, desires and experiences to be used by God.
You are unique, but
God wants you to be unique and effective
God designed you like you are so that you can do the works he had planned for you to do before he ever created the world.
He gives us all this plus
God brings us through difficulties so that we can help other people go though similar difficulties.
If you don’t use the experiences God brings you through, you didn’t learn what God was teaching you while you were in them.
He wants you to use them to help others.
Let me say this, one day he will ask you what you did with what he gave you.
How will you answer that?
He won’t accept excuses…
God gave each one of you gifts, abilities and skills he wants you to use.
Maybe you are good at playing basketball… go reach some others that love to play BB.
John Samanie Use whatever God has given you… cars… guns… whatever.
You may think that you just have very little to offer…
Use the gifts God gives you
When you use what he gives you, he will give you more.
But if you don’t, you will lose what you have.
We want you to know Christ, Get Freedom, discover your purpose and make a difference.
You are never too old nor too young for God to give you a dream or vision for your life.
He will use you at every stage of life.
God wants to give all of us a vision for our lives.
4. Associate with Godly People
Hang out with people who are also trying to discover God's dream for their life.
Both dreams and discouragement are contagious.
When I was in sales, they didn’t want salespeople hanging out in the halls talking.
They wanted them in the seminars learning how to do what they needed to do to be successful.
The people who are your closest friends are either going to help God's dream for your life or they're going to hinder it so choose your friends wisely.
Too many people miss out on what God had for them because they were tied to a friend who did not share the same values or dreams.
This is why it’s important to be part of a church family.
You give your life to Jesus and start hanging around His people who are saying, God I want to do what you want me to do… it’s contagious.
If you want to soar with the eagles, you can’t run with the turkeys.
Some of you may need to change friends or make friends here and search for what God has for you.
5. Make your dream public
Tell someone what God is doing in your life.
When you do that it raises your level of commitment.
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