I want to share with the world some of my Big Dreams that I have.
I have told many people some of my dreams, but I don’t think I have ever told just 1 person all my dreams. I have had many people tell me that my dreams are Big, and it encourages them to think more out of the box. So now I am going to do my best to explain all my Big Dreams to Everyone and encourage you to dream with God and expand the vision of your future.
*When I say dream, I am not talking about the things you get when you sleep. I am talking about things I see for my future. Other words may include hopes, goals, aspirations, vision, etc… I personally like the word “Dreams”.
One of my first dreams in life was when I was younger was to be a full-time missionary. I don’t remember when this dream began, but I remember being serious about it when I was around 15 years old. It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do then and the passion to do so has only increased as years go by. So far I’ve lived out this dream well. I’ve done ministry in Canada, USA, Haiti, Philippines, Uganda, India, Nepal, South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Latvia, Estonia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I am only 24, and God has taken me to far more places than I would have ever imagined when I was 15.
I have a dream to give away $1 Million every week. I grew up very tight fisted when I was younger. My first year out of high school I worked and never gave a penny. I knew I was going to Bible College, so I figured the money was going to God any way. I was wrong in my thinking and in my heart. Truth was that I simply never trusted God to provide for me, not even to give a little. But something in me broke before I headed off to Bible College. God brought many things my way to teach me what I was doing wrong and what I needed to do. I wrote a cheque (check for you Americans) for $1000 and gave it away. From that point on, my life has never been the same. I discovered I have a gift for giving and at times I am not giving, I feel a void and begin searching around my house for things to give away. So a few years ago, I decided to make goal. I dreamed of giving away $1 million every week. But as BIG as that was, compared to how BIG God is, this dream was so small. God can use a person to give away $1 Billion every day if He wanted. So this dream is BIG, but it still has room to grow. This is just my first goal, then once I achieve it, I will pick a higher number. God spoke the verse Luke 16:10a “Whoever can trusted with very little can also be trusted with much…” He said, “If you can’t give $10 away every week, don’t expect to trust Me with $1 Million. So as I am trusted with the $10’s, $100’s, $1000’s, eventually I will be trustworthy with the Millions.
A few years ago I was in Uganda attending a Bible College. There I got a picture of leading 30 hardcore men who are sold out for the gospel. This came from 2 Samuel 23 where David traveled around with 30 mighty men who did awesome warrior stuff. A few months after getting this picture God told me to “train jedi’s, not create clones”. I don’t want to lead an army of people who can’t fight well. I want to lead a small, elite group of men who have an intimate relationship with Christ, who know their identity in Christ and work in all the giftings God has given them. The number doesn’t necessarily have to be 30 men. I am very passionate about discipleship and desire to see people walk in their purposes that God created them for.
I want to go to every country in the world. I used to be very small minded when it came to dreaming with God. I figured I would be a missionary in one country and receive a minimum amount of support just to survive with my family. Surely I couldn’t travel around to other countries with a family. But God took me out of that small way of thinking and I began dreaming with Him. I want to love people in every country in the world. I believe now that God is more than capable to send me and my future family to every nation. Money is not an issue for God, so it won’t be for me. What is encouraging is that the founder of YWAM, Loren Cunningham has done this, so I know it can be done.
I want to buy a giant field somewhere in the world that people say is “cursed” and bring God’s blessing to it. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says “If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land”. I want to see revival break out all over the earth and as people repent, He heals their land. I want to see miracles happen in the area of agriculture. The Bible is full of promises of God blessing the land. I want to be a part of that.
I wrote out a list while I was in Latvia last year. I wrote it down saying, “If money wasn’t an issue, what would I want”. This is what I would love to have in my future.
-Get married and have kids
-Buy property in many countries
-Build a decent sized house on each of these properties. I want them bigger so I can have a house church in them. I want tons of couches, a projector, It will be a comfy place to relax and be at peace.
-Plant a garden on each of these properties
-Build a nice house nearby for a worker and their family
-The worker and their family would take care of the place while I am away and also lead the house church while I’m gone
-In the warmer countries I would have swimming pools
-Some of these properties would be on islands. I would buy the island and make it a retreat for people in ministry or who just need a vacation
These are some of the BIG dreams God has given me. I am excited to see how it all plays out in my life. I give God the glory for all the things I have already gotten to do thus far. He constantly blows my mind in the things I get to do and the places I get to see. My encouragement for you is to dream with God. Expand your vision for your life. Most likely, you only are seeing a small percentage of the life God has for you. Even with all these BIG dreams I have, I know God has so much more for me that I cannot see. He is capable to do immeasurably more than all that we ask or imagine!
