Dream On

"You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
Who soar to high heights."

-Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go!

Where are you going?
What are you waiting for?
Do you believe that you will soar to great heights?

Too often we find ourselves believing Satan's lies; lies that say you will never amount to anything; lies that you aren't special enough or that God can't use you until you are more mature, older, or more educated.

God is in the business of making our dreams come true. He puts many of our desires and dreams in hearts. Then He equips you with the right tools and gifts to accomplish them. We know from scripture that God has a extraordinary plan for your life, yet all He desires is a life of obedience and faith. Faith and obedience is what the "high fliers" or the great people who have gone before us, had in common.

Take David for instance. He was a teen aged guy with lots of older, bigger brothers. His job during the fighting was to bring food to his brothers. That was not a very glamorous task during a battle. But when he arrived a the battlefield, he found no battle. Just petrified soldiers. So he sprung into action. Why? He had faith, not in himself, his size or his ability, but in God. You remember the story. God wins and he used a teenager to win the battle.

No matter who we are or what we become, God wants to use us in big and small ways each day. Some may become famous, others may find themselves in a more ordinary kind of life, but with God it is always possible to do extraordinary things! When we surrender our lives with the intent to glorify God in all things, I can guarantee God will do more than we can fathom. "Oh the Places You'll Go!"

• Into distant lands with the message of Jesus Christ to people who have never heard!
• Into your junior high and high schools where the things of this world have replaced Jesus and prayer
• Into office buildings where many who get by only because it is routine
• Into burning buildings where you will rescue people
• Into hospitals where people are dying of illnesses
• Into restaurants where people are hungry, and searching for food of substance; The Bread of Life
• Into science labs where others search for the meaning of life
• Into the sports career where athletes search for a reason to be great besides money

You hold the key to life. In every place you will go, you have the answer that could potentially change the course of someone's life forever. My question to you is, are you willing to share? Are you willing to surrender and let go of your plans for your life and allow God to use you to go places you never imagined you could go? With a small amount of faith all things are possible.

Jesus tells us in Matthew 17:20,

"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, You can say to this mountain, Move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

Dream big, surrender, and wait.

"So...Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
Or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So... get on your way!"

-Dr. Seuss Oh the Places You'll Go

Questions

1. What are your dreams? What is holding you back?
2. Are you limiting God and His purpose for you?
3. Can you say you fully surrender to God, and want to go wherever He takes you?