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Faith and Fantasy (1)
'...They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the Lord' Jeremiah 23:16
Time travelling. Flying like a bird. Creating your very own solar system. All of these things feature in the top ten of most unlikely dreams ever to be fulfilled. How about yours? We'd all love to wake up on a beach in Malibu, but life doesn't often work like that. Do you need to wake up and smell the coffee? A lottery mindset will lead you up the garden path and no mistake!
Consider the sad reality of reality TV sadness: how many contestants go in to shows like The X Factor thinking they've 'got it' only to be told at the first hurdle that their singing simply isn't good enough. Cue hissy fits, tantrums and general toys-out-of-pram behaviour. We wonder, how could they be so deluded?
But maybe they're not the only ones who need a reality check. Ralph Waldo Emerson observes: 'Shallow men believe in luck ... strong men believe in cause and effect.'
When God gives you a dream, you need faith to make it materialise. But it's important to ask, 'Is my dream from God?' David Westlake once said, 'God doesn't tell you to be great, He just asks you to do the next thing.'
If you've got a big dream that you're hoping will turn into reality and not fade into fantasy, then God will give you the trustworthy test: if you can be trusted with the dull and the ordinary, you can be trusted with the superstar stuff.
written by Bob Gass
'...They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the Lord' Jeremiah 23:16
Time travelling. Flying like a bird. Creating your very own solar system. All of these things feature in the top ten of most unlikely dreams ever to be fulfilled. How about yours? We'd all love to wake up on a beach in Malibu, but life doesn't often work like that. Do you need to wake up and smell the coffee? A lottery mindset will lead you up the garden path and no mistake!
Consider the sad reality of reality TV sadness: how many contestants go in to shows like The X Factor thinking they've 'got it' only to be told at the first hurdle that their singing simply isn't good enough. Cue hissy fits, tantrums and general toys-out-of-pram behaviour. We wonder, how could they be so deluded?
But maybe they're not the only ones who need a reality check. Ralph Waldo Emerson observes: 'Shallow men believe in luck ... strong men believe in cause and effect.'
When God gives you a dream, you need faith to make it materialise. But it's important to ask, 'Is my dream from God?' David Westlake once said, 'God doesn't tell you to be great, He just asks you to do the next thing.'
If you've got a big dream that you're hoping will turn into reality and not fade into fantasy, then God will give you the trustworthy test: if you can be trusted with the dull and the ordinary, you can be trusted with the superstar stuff.
written by Bob Gass
