Well, it just so happens that it's important to hold on to your dreams. Yes, God needs to be more important than our dreams, but I think too many times we throw away our dreams thinking, "God would never have me do that." If the dream goes against God's law, then of course He's not going to. But at that point, it stops being a dream and becomes a fleshly desire. True dreams are ones that have these two things: 1. a strong desire to do something, & 2. a sense of impossibility to them. And that's why it's important to have dreams; because they are impossible for you to accomplish.
Now, some of you might be thinking, "Wow Jason, thanks for the good news. My dreams are impossible." Before you go away and stop dreaming, remember that nothing is impossible with God. That's why dreams are important. When we are younger, we look to our parents to help fulfill our dreams. And that should, but doesn't always, build in us the sense of looking to someone stronger than us. When we grow older and begin to have actual dreams about life, it should become natural for us to look to God to fulfill them.
You see, sometimes God's dreams for our life and our dreams for our life aren't always too different. Why? Because those dreams are desires, and the desires we have, the non-sinful ones, can be given to us by God. That dream that you have? Maybe God's the one who gave it to you! So you know what we have to do? We have to bring our dreams before God, lay them at His feet and see what He would do with them. Maybe He'll remove them so that we can focus on Him. Maybe He'll cause it to happen right then and there. or maybe He'll tweak it so that your dream is just like His.
Whatever your dream is, if you want God to make it happen, it needs to line up with His will. At it's core, the dream needs to do one thing: increase God's glory. If it doesn't do that in some way shape or form, then it's probably not going to happen. Now, where could you find dreams that do that...Oh! How about the Bible! That't be a good place to look, huh?
In my own life, I know that I've had some dreams that weren't exactly all God wanted them to be. For example, when I was younger I always wanted to program video games. Mainly because I wanted to play them, but also because I love working with any sort of technology. Fortunately, I'm not going to be programming games. But, I am going to be working computers! Turns out not everyone understands computers...and I get to help them understand them. Which is pretty much my dream job, since it involves technology and helping people.
In my own life, I know that I've had some dreams that weren't exactly all God wanted them to be. For example, when I was younger I always wanted to program video games. Mainly because I wanted to play them, but also because I love working with any sort of technology. Fortunately, I'm not going to be programming games. But, I am going to be working computers! Turns out not everyone understands computers...and I get to help them understand them. Which is pretty much my dream job, since it involves technology and helping people.
Of course, there's also other dreams. Like raising a godly family, helping my future wife become more like Christ, & seeing guys become actual men (most guys, regardless of age, aren't really men, in case you didn't know. More on that some other time...).But those dreams will all be fulfilled in time. How do I know? I read my bible, and each one of those things I listed is something you can find in there too. Each is impossible for us to do, but God longs to fulfill them in our lives. And it's those dreams that we must super-glue ourselves to. Never let go of the things God wants to do in your life!
