Step Toward Your Dream

Yesterday's Epitaph Marketing tip of the day was: Don't ever be afraid of what might come. If you have a dream keep fighting, know that every step, forward or backward, is a step toward your dream. Trust me things are going to get TOUGH, just keep stepping and your dreams will come true.

There are many ways to look at what a dream is... and many ways to interpret them... but in the instance of this particular post, let's look at where you want to go in life... what you hope to see happen or to accomplish.

What are YOUR dreams? What impassions you to live each day and what drives you into the future?

King David had a dream...
He dreamed of building a temple for God Almighty; a temple where His presence could dwell permanently; a temple to replace the moving tabernacle that held the Ark of the Covenant. He wanted to glorify God in all the ways he could possibly imagine, and building the temple was his deepest desire. Yet it was his son, Solomon, who ended up building the temple after David was gone...

Martin Luther King, Jr had a dream... 
"It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. . . . I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! . . . I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together." Like King David, King's DREAM wasn't fulfilled in his lifetime.

Mahatma Gandhi had a dream...

He dreamed of an independent India and an India where "the untouchables," (the dalit) he called "children of God," would be at peace and learn and grow. He dreamed of peace for his country and for the world. Another DREAM not fully realized in his lifetime...

Deep Down, YOU have a dream...

We all do, whether or not we want to admit it. Sometimes we give up. Sometimes we fight. Sometimes we don't have the energy to care anymore. But we ALL have dreams. We ALL have dreams. God-sized dreams. Dreams that will be fully answered only after we are gone because they are so huge... THESE are the dreams God gives us. The dreams to touch the world, making it a better place. The dreams to change and help people's lives. We see some of the fruits of our labor, but rarely the end result.

Moses didn't make it to the Promised Land; Joshua and Caleb led the Israelites, instead.
David didn't get to build the temple, but his son Solomon did.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed physically before the spirit of his words echoed through the hearts of enough people for real change to happen.
There are still people in the untouchables class in India who are seeking peace, but Gandhi's dream is happening step by step.

What's YOUR dream? Your GOD-sized dream?

Are you willing to risk taking the steps you can and allowing others to finish the process once you're gone?

Dreams happen when we take things a step at a time, step by step, until they are accomplished. Each step is a smaller dream within the realm of the GOD-sized dream He gave you if you allow it to be...

Continue always... to dream GOD-sized dreams. To have Myriad Blessing faith... Jesus faith. Keep dreaming. Keep stepping. Keep trusting... and you'll get there!