I am about to share something that is very close to my
heart. A dream that without God is not possible. A dream that makes me feel
vulnerable to share, but I want YOU to be a part of my journey…a journey that
won’t be over in a year or even five years.
The following is just the beginning of where my life’s
journey is heading as I dream with God…
Let me take a second to say that I was never the person who
dreamt big dreams for my life. I knew what I was good at and what I wasn’t, so
logically, my dreams focused on things I could personally achieve without
taking too big of a chance.
Now I find myself on the completely OPPOSITE side of the
spectrum. When I take a look at a legitimate need in this world I cannot help
but dream and give my life a fair shot at changing the world. Now this is where
my dream comes in…
My life took a drastic turn the night of December 22, 2009.
Up until this point, victims of human trafficking and the sex industry were
mere statistics and sad stories I read about from a textbook or a blog online.
It was this night, when those statistics would become faces in my mind. I met a girl named Lola, who had been
trafficked from Eastern Europe. The two minutes I spent talking with her, have
changed my life FOREVER.
When I was first introduced to this reality of selling
people for sexual exploitation, I thought I would spend my life fighting
against trafficking by bringing healing and love to victims of the sex trade.
HOWEVER, that was only the tip of the iceberg for where my dream was headed.
God has given me a heart and the talent for worship. That in
itself is a whole other story, but this passion is important to know when it
comes to my DREAM.
I have a dream to
start doing “worship tours� in red light districts across the world.
I have a dream to
play with a band in the darkest clubs and bars in the middle of these red light districts.
I have a dream that
will begin to release hope and destiny to everyone within earshot, whether they are listening or not.
I have a dream that
stirs up the atmosphere for breakthrough.
I have a dream that
will allow a band to posture their heart in humility as we ask God for divine strategy to effectively take
this injustice on.
I have a dream that
will network us with different bar owners/slave owners.
I have a dream that
looks and sounds like music at a glance, but underneath is warfare and change in the making.
Honestly my dream is not to go out and see how many women I
can rescue from forced prostitution. My dream is for the pimps, the owners of
the bars, the men and women who run the trafficking rings beyond borders.
God will have to do all the strategic networking, but I
believe if these men and women could have encounters with God, then they would
be the agents of change for all the women, men and children sexually exploited. Can you imagine if an owner or a person
deeply networked in the trafficking ring were to experience the depths of God’s
love? Can you imagine them going to
the people they own and asking forgiveness? Can you imagine them saying,
“You are free to go, physically, but
please listen to my story of God’s love because I want you to be free
spiritually, as well�?
I CAN, and THAT IS MY
DREAM!
What is your DREAM?
*pictures from Google Images search
**inspired by “Kingdom Dreams” from Seth Barnes (the founder of Adventures in Missions)
