Today my pastor started a new sermon series he’s calling “Dream Again” and he says he hopes the messages will encourage us all to do just that — to dream again.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I have no problem dreaming and dreaming big. So I figured this sermon series would be one I’d listen to so that I could pass on encouragement to others. But as soon as my pastor started I knew that this was a message I needed to hear.

I realized today that I have been unintentionally placing a partition between my spiritual life and professional pursuits. Sure, I’ll pray before hosting a big event or making a big decision and I thank God for my successes, but until today I hadn’t realized that I need to see the pursuit of my dreams as a spiritual act in and of itself.

“Dreams are the language of God,” my pastor said. God speaks to us by giving us certain passions. I may not hear God speak audibly and God may not be setting bushes on fire to give me a sign, but the undying passion I have for empowering women, for writing, for blogging and for entrepreneurship tells me that it is my calling to help women be the author of their own lives.

“Dreams are the target of your faith,” he continued. When you have a dream you have a focus for your faith. This fall I am entering a new coaching program that’s going to help me write a vision for my business and help me create an action plan to help bring that vision to fruition. And it will come to fruition because, as my pastor declared today, “Dreams have a habit of coming true.”

He went on to warn us that a God dream will seem risky and that it will requite God’s involvement. It will be too much for us to do in our own strength. But it will be worth the hard work because a God dream will change lives.

 

Are you willing to dare to dream again?