Start Line

Things have not slowed down here in the slightest. God has continued to move in every way in and around me. I expected to only focus on the one calling that I have already received- I thought that this would be a time of learning details of what it will look like. I have been so surprised to find that this has not really been the case. Practical details have been taking care of themselves. It’s like the steps are forming under my feet without much, if any, effort on my part.

Without this being my main focus, the Lord has not stopped adding more and more dreams and visions to what I already have. I see now that traveling to the next step is only the start line to a long race. I have learned so much about what it is to dream in the Lord, and it is so special. As I continue to submit to Him, allowing Him to write these dreams, my faith grows and grows. Truly nothing is impossible with God.

John 15:7 (NKJV) If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.

It has been fun exploring these dreams with Him. I feel that some dreams I’ve had in the past have seemed good, but were not free from ambition. In my heart was a hidden desire for recognition and to impress others. Because of this I pulled away from dreaming at all. I didn’t know how to cast down these thoughts and feelings rooted in pride. Thank God for His faithfulness and patience with us!

John 14:26 (NKJV) But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

While I still have flesh and the capacity to have these feelings and thoughts, the Holy Spirit has done so much to help me know better how to respond if they come. He has deepened my understanding of abiding in Him and is helping me to create a pattern and habit of retreating to Him to be realigned to the heart of God. He has shown me that I don’t have to hide from Him in shame, but run to Him with open hands and an open heart, ready for Him to take and give as He sees fit.

With all of this, I feel so free and safe to dream big with God. Now I even feel compelled to do so. The less possible and rational, the more it has to be Him. My desire is that people would look at my life and be in awe of Him, much like an artwork. A painting or tapestry can’t paint or weave itself. While it is beautiful, it is subject to the ability of the artist. It only is what it was crafted to be.

Romans 9:20-21 (NKJV) But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

We are all things formed by God. Please be encouraged in this! This is not a “special people” thing. Later, in verses 23-24, it is clear that all of us who are followers of Jesus are formed to bear witness to the mercy of God, “that He might make known the riches of His glory.”

Going to this location is a start line for my destiny, but simultaneously every morning is a new start line. All of us wake up at a start line we can choose to cross, to glorify God with each day. What does that look like for you today? I pray that we all hear and see clearly the Father’s desire for how He would be glorified through us each day. Here is a starting point from the Word of God:

John 15:9-11 (NLT) I have loved you even as the Father has loved Me. Remain in My love. When you obey My commandments, you remain in My love, just as I obey My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!