A Heart to Dream

God is always sending things our way to inspire us. He uses all kinds of avenues to expand the horizons of our hearts and to fan the flames of our dreams and expectations. He is the very one who plants these desires in us in the first place and He watches over every opportunity to fulfill our imaginings. And so it is this very stage that has been set for our success that becomes the intense battleground to rob us of our victories. For there is such a war raging against us, that we forget there is a real enemy actively working to confound us at every turn.

But our Father does not leave us defenseless. He has the amazing ability to turn everything that was meant for our destruction into a triumph. And that conquest urges us on toward the high calling of God in our individual and corporate lives. And that is what it is all about…..completing the personal assignment in this life that we were created for.

There is no one else who can achieve what we were designed to do and there is no one else who sees things the way we do. We are all unique in our gifts and expressions and have a contribution to make to the world that is exclusive to us. It’s the dreaming of God’s dreams for us in the intimate places of our hearts that helps us to see the finish line and empowers us to continue on when the going gets tough.

We are one of a kind, irreplaceable, rare, distinctive, exceptional and when we place ourselves in the hands of our Creator, we become alive with unimaginable potential and it is this promise of possibility that will…. lay hands on the sick and they will recover, raise the dead, cast out devils, and preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Freely giving what we have freely received from Jesus our resurrected Savior.

Let us never forget what hangs in the balance. There is a lost and dying world waiting to see and hear what only we can share……….the Good News of Jesus.

Now to Him Who, by and in consequence of the action of His power that is at work within us, is able to carry out His purpose and do superabundantly, far over and above all that we dare ask or think infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams--

Magnificent Creator

I love the magnificence of Our God. His creative nature, His unique perspective, His adventurous plans, His unfailing love and grace and majesty.

I love to smell the fragrances in the morning air, I love the blueness of the sky, the glorious colors of the ocean as the sun glistens across the waves, I love the smell of the earth especially after a rain, the glory of the bark of the trees and the leaves as the sun radiates across the wetness to reveal a wonderland of beauty and awe. I love to hear the birds sing, I love to hear the wind as its blows through the trees and I love the leaves of the poplars as they wave across the sky. The beauty of the fields as the sun shines through the rain, the sounds and smells of the woodlands as the creatures scurry about. I love that all of creation reflects our Fathers marvelous handiwork.

I love that the rocks and stones cry out, that the mountains reveal His glory, that the seas roar in praise to Him, and that even in the vastness of space there is color and sound and beauty all magnifying and pointing to our God our Savior our King.

Every tree has a different bark, a different leaf, every bird has a different song, every plant has a different flower, and every animal has a different appearance. Everything created in the whole universe is unique in its plan, its purpose, its expression and it all reflects the vastness of our God.

I love that this omnipotent Creator not only allows us to view and partake of the beauty of His creation, He also invites us to know the Author and Creator Himself. To know and be known by Him and to be invited to partake of His creative magnificence.

I love that the Father invites us to spend time with Him. That He delights in sharing His mysteries and revelations with us. I love that we never have to look at things the same way each day as he reveals another level of His creation and I love that He invites us to share in this great adventure called life.

We were created to live forever. What a glorious idea…..What a vast existence…..What a precious gift this life is. Jesus said I am the Way, the Truth, the Life; no one comes to the Father but by me. Life IS eternal, why not choose the path that leads to EVERLASTING LIFE, a life filled with unlimited, unimaginable beauty, grace, glory……..Forever.

For God so loved the world He sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life…..John 3:16

A Choice Plain and Simple

I am always amazed at the simplicity of the gospel. This is not to take anything away from Jesus and His majesty and Lordship but a reminder of who He really is and who we really are. The words spoken by Jesus were simple, straight to the point and transformed everything He came in contact with.

It is a cause and effect type of understanding. If we are willing to choose to do what He says, then He is obligated to provide what he has promised. I am sure there are many people who think the idea of God being obligated to do anything for a person is absurd, but it is in fact His very words that allow us to believe such a thing…… Ask and it will be given to you, Seek and you will find, Knock and it will be open for you. After all God is not a man that He should lie and He (God) is faithful who has promised.

God is not and never has been our problem. If only that were so. As the omnipotent King, He has declared that as His children we have access to His thrown always and that when we are in sin, He will reason together with us. He does not shut us out and run from us but because of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Father is ever wooing us back to a place of repentance and freedom.

So if God is not the problem then what is? I truly wish there was another answer but the truth is we are the problem. Our free will is the problem. Hasn’t it been so since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden. Our Father counts our free will of utmost importance with our ability to choose what we want. And it truly is just a choice. Not complicated but just a simple choice, a decision to choose repentance and go God’s way. And really what is repentance but a person changing his mind and deciding to go a different direction. Jesus said: Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

In His great kindness He allows us to be a part of His plans and purposes, allows us to participate in the very changing of history, and encourages us to save up eternal things by a simple choice of our will.