DON’T SHRINK YOUR DREAM!

Habakkuk 2:2-3 NKJV Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

I heard this the other day and it resonated with me, “Don’t shrink your dream, enlarge your faith.” 

Whatever age we are we should all have a dream, a vision for our lives of some kind. You may have a dream for the impossible and God likes them the best!😊 But have you ever started out with a big dream and then time goes by, nothing seems to be happening, and you become a bit discouraged? Then you wonder if your dream is too big, so you think you won’t believe for so much, you’ll believe for less! It’s just a tactic of the enemy to undermine what you were given originally by God! 

Then there are the times when other people hear about your dream and they think it’s not possible, or not the right thing for you, and so they plant doubts in your mind. Another tactic of the enemy!

If God gave us the dream, God will provide whatever we need to fulfil it but we do need to be prepared and ready.  God blesses what we are prepared for! When a guest comes to stay at the house we don’t wait till five minutes before they arrive to prepare for it. We make the bedroom ready, we buy the food in anticipation.😊

Whatever our dreams are, we need to prepare for when the opportunity comes. We need to be ready! When we do that we’re showing God we’re serious about it, we’re exercising our faith which pleases God. It may seem impossible but with God it is doable!

I heard a true story of a lady who had been bedridden for many years. Someone took her to a healing meeting and she told her carer to bring her outdoor shoes so she could walk back to the car after she was healed. She was expectant and she was prepared and she was healed!

Are we ready for the dream opportunity when it comes? Have we written the vision down? Are  we thanking God for it in advance, before we have it? Do we need to learn a new skill or put things in place to make room for it when it arrives? Are there seeds we could be sowing towards it? 

Whether our dream is for restored health, a new career, or to write a book, whatever it is, let’s put feet on our faith and show God we’re serious about the dream He’s put in our hearts, that we won’t shrink the dream, but instead, with His help, we’ll enlarge our faith! Amen.😊

Proverbs 16:3 AMPC Roll your works upon the Lord (commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and) so shall your plans be established and succeed.

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SUNDAYS

Back in 2020, during Covid, the Lord directed me to begin writing this Blog regularly and as time went by I started doing them seven days a week. 

The Lord has told me this past week that He wants me to have a rest one day a week, so after today I’ll not be sending it out on a Sunday anymore, but you can always find my other blogs on the website https://myberrythoughts.blogspot.com if you would like to have a read any time.😊

I will be back as normal tomorrow on Mondays-Saturdays, God willing, and hope you can keep joining me then, but I leave you with this encouraging verse for today…😊

Psalm 100:5 NIV 

For the Lord is good 

and his love endures forever; 

his faithfulness continues 

through all generations.

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