Follow
Your Dreams
You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you
might go and bear fruit...
John 15:16
As the Hospice nurse listened, Gracie
lamented, “I wish I’d had the courage to live my life as I
wanted.”
“What do you mean, Gracie?”
“I mean that my heart's desire was to
dance, not become a lawyer, trying cases that for the most part
didn't matter to me beyond my responsibility to the client.”
“So why didn't you dance?”
“Expectations... Everyone in my life
thought I was destined to do 'great things as an attorney!'” The
later part was said with no small amount of sarcasm and regret.
The nurse understood. She'd heard this
many times. “But that's not what your heart wanted?” It was more
a statement than a question.
“I watched Juliet Prowse dance with
Elvis Presley in his movies when I was a little girl. I knew that was
what I wanted to do when I grew up.”
“What happened?”
“Everyone in my life echoed the same
sentiment, 'Dancing won't give you the financial security that the
law will, honey.' I wasn't strong enough to stand my ground, so I
gave up trying to convince everyone how much dance meant to me.”
The sadness was palpable.
†
God has purposed us to do something
special, yet many times that 'something' gets trampled in the dust of
living. And for whatever reason, we give up on our dreams.
Romans 8:28 says, “And
we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love
him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Which
means God will take what we do, and make the best of it. Yet, His
desire is that we follow His initial leading, the fire which burns
within us each time we think about doing that very thing.
I
am not abdicating rebellion, but I am suggesting we weigh the cost of
neglecting God's appointment for our lives. He chose us to do
something special, something unique to us, so it comes down to a
choice: do we believe God knows what He's doing, and how to provide
for us? or...is that thing within us just a dream not meant to be
fulfilled? The answer is yes to both except for the perception of the
second choice. It is a dream, placed in our heart by God, and meant
to be fulfilled!
Only
you know what that dream is, and only you have the choice to follow
it.
Prayer
“Papa, help me fulfill
the dream You planted within me before my birth. Give me the courage
to live that life above all others. In Jesus' Name. Amen.”
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