That is what my God told me just a couple of weeks ago and it has not left my mind. “Dream bigger Brandon.” As the race is nearing its end I have begun to ask the questions. What’s next? Do I stick around home in Vegas? Do I move? Where am I going to work? Will I be able to get a good job? How is my ministry going to look now? Should I find a job at a church? What could I possibly do?
Don’t misunderstand me, in no way am I so caught up in the future that I do not live in the present moment. I realize that that is a danger at this point. But…I am still on the World Race and having so many amazing experiences. We’re not done. It is definitely time to begin thinking about it though. So I have been praying. As I was praying one day, asking God to answer all or some or even one of these questions that plague my mind like the simple, “What am I supposed to do?” I heard him say to me almost humorously…”Well, while you are figuring it out, you might as well start a church.”
Something in what he said made me very excited albeit anxious but I wasn’t sure why. The simple idea of planting a church takes so much planning, effort, patience, guidance, and a number of other things. More questions began to arise in me. So I began to think about the possibility of opening a church. Maybe put up some flyers, talk to some people, open my home up every Sunday for whoever just shows up? Then I heard it…”Dream bigger Brandon.”
This story is still being written so all the other details are not important right now, but one thing has been made more evident to me that anything else in my prayers. God desires for me to dream bigger. I have been given a task to continue elevating his glory by believing that there is more for me in this world than I think I am capable of on my own.
Saint Irenaeus once said, “The glory of God is man fully alive.”
Are you fully alive? God calls us to dream bigger. He desires for us to live fully and believe that he can to the extraordinary in our lives. Do not be afraid. If God is for you, who can be against you? Do not question your value. He has given it to you.
Dream bigger
Just more thoughts, scattered I know. But I needed to get them out.
The Man With Unclean Lips,
Brandon Barnum
