This past week my squad and I went though something called an “Awakening”. I don’t know exactly what that means but for me it was more of a revival than it was an awakening. It refreshed, enlightened, and uplifted me. Basically, it put more fuel in the fire to inspire me to keep moving. There were several great talks given by my squad mates over that weekend but there was one line that stood out to me the most. I was sitting in a talk about dreaming big with God and we were asked the question if our prayers were reflective of the God we were praying to. Dang. Conviction. To answer that question honestly, no I don’t think I do. I tend to pray small prayers. Not that small prayers aren’t important and still deserve being prayed about but why don’t I ask God for the radical? Why don’t I pray for the crazy things? My prayers will never be outside of the capacity of God’s ability to answer them so why not pray for the big things? Why not pray for the seemingly outlandish? Why not pray for the miraculous? Do I doubt God’s desire to answer the desires of my heart? If its according to His will and brings Him glory why wouldn’t He? I understand that His plan is great than my own plan so if the crazy prayer that I’m sending up in the long run isn’t good for my life then I trust that He’ll answer them accordingly. But, if it is good and apart of His grand plan then why not toss up the big prayers? I also can’t be afraid of if He does answer my prayers with approval. When I pray for the big things I shouldn’t be terrified if He answers them with a yes. I need to realize what I’m praying for and take responsibility for what I asked for.
This is all just relating to my prayers, but the question I ask myself now is do my dreams reflect the God I serve. Do I serve a small God? Or, do I serve a grand God? Do I dream small? Or do I dream as far as my imagination can take me? If I serve a big God then why do I limit my dreams to what I think only I can do? If my dreams bring the God the glory why do I get afraid to dream big? We must have faith in God that our dreams are not limited to the distance in which our lives can carry them nor to the weight we perceive that they hold but to the capacity in which God desires to use them.
Dream big.
