This year I have had many recurring instances when different people expressed the importance of dreaming a big good-scary dream and living so that you don’t die with regrets on what you could have done.
Currently I’m reading through Chase the Lion by Mark Batterson. This adds a Christian perspective to dreaming big. This is the resource I really needed to bring together the worldly aspirations of dreams with faith. Having a dream that is bigger than yourself and is scares you actually gives God a chance to show up and do what you can’t alone and gives you an opportunity to exercise your faith that God will show up. It also dives into knowing if your dream is God’s will or not.
Is it Selfish?
First, it adds purpose to your life. Likely you have some idea of your “purpose” in life similar to what I did. How I thought of my purpose was to serve God, do good, and be a good steward. Really these are more of principles/values that are good and a great filter for decision making. However, they are not a mission and didn’t give me purpose for planning my daily life. Having a big dream adds practical purpose to my daily life and is in harmony with my principles/values.
Second, by being inspired by a big dream and having it materialized in daily life others are inspired in return to chase after their own big dream. By chasing your dream you inspire others to chase their dream, so don’t be shy about going after your dream! The desire to go after a big dream every day is contagious. The spread of dreams increases the great things in this world.
My BIG Dream
Figuring out a BIG dream
Don’t get upset by timing! It may take a long time to achieve your dream. There is a great likelihood that it will take longer than you would like. Just shake it off and keep going. Many look back and see that the timing was perfect, and they were exactly where they needed to be at that time. Also, God’s timing is perfect. You are exactly where you are supposed to be right now, and you will live your big dream exactly when you are supposed to.
My BIG dream is many years down the road, but I know that. I don’t know how long it will take me to get there, but I will get there when I am supposed to get there. I also know that I need to take a lot of action now to bring that dream to reality. Each day counts!
Think of a BIG dream that inspires you. There are no rules other than it both scares and inspires you. BUT we have to start reaching for our dream now. In the next blog post I will go over “Breaking down that BIG Dream” and strategies I use to practically give purpose to my daily life for the years leading up to actualizing that dream.