Do We Trust Him with Our Dreams?
Within my small, olive-green ESV Bible I keep a series of note cards. I have a number of sloppily jotted thoughts, and lots of quotes from my pastor written on them. Some catch my eye more than others at times. This past Sunday my mind lingered on a few written points for a while longer. "What if following Jesus means giving up on your greatest dreams?" That's not a comforting thought. Not something you wish to lie awake at night dwelling on. What are our greatest dreams? Maybe if you're like me, you've got a few of them. They are in essence, hopes. Vague notions of a plan we wish to someday implement. The reasons we work crazy hours and save every penny. But what if He asks us to give those things up? Everything? What if for the student it means giving over their desires to work overseas and instead never moving out of their state? What if for the middle-aged woman it means no longer having a chance to have her own fami...