Fear or Faith?

I recently had a friend say that through her grieving process she lost the ability to set goals or have dreams for her life.  In reflecting on this, I realized I have struggled with the same sort of thing as have many others.  It is very understandable that after a tragic loss of any sort, but specifically suicide, we can have great fear and doubt.  We fear that we can lose another because if it could happen to our son, brother, or mother then it can happen to anyone of our family members. This type of fear is agonizing and intense.  We doubt everything we thought we knew about our loved one, ourselves, and the type of parent, sibling, or child we were to them.  If we are not careful, that fear and doubt will slowing leak into our hearts and allow us to go flat and soon we are no longer dreaming.

Doubt and Fear are the enemy.  Psalms 56:3-4 “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise – in God I trust and am not afraid”.  We need something bigger then ourselves to accomplish the greatest dreams for our life.  By following God’s dream for our lives we can fight against doubt and fear.  According to Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; we get to choose how much God uses us for his plan in the world by how much faith we have.  God has a purpose for our life and our pain.  Will we trust Him and give Him the power?  God has BIG dreams for us.  If you need wisdom James 1:5 tells us if we lack wisdom to ask God who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you.  However, when we ask God we need to believe and not doubt!  Courage is doing the thing you fear the most.  We need to ignore our insecurities and be courageous. We need to trust God and have faith!

God wants us to dream BIG.  If we stop allowing fear and doubt to control our lives and stop following our own selfish dreams and desires and start following God’s plans and purpose for our lives we will find true fulfillment and joy.  If we dream BIG and allow the size of our God determine the size of our dreams and purpose – God can do more then we could ever imagine!  By dreaming BIG we honor God by showing our faith and trust in Him.  Bold faith requires taking risks.  Let’s not create our hopes and dreams on what we can do, but on what God can do!  Let’s stop living our lives as what it is and start living it in what it could be. 

I have BIG God dreams of becoming a motivational speaker; a writer; and a survivor! I know I cannot accomplish those things without God’s spirit, connections, and power.  What are your God dreams?