Dreaming

God gives us dreams and goals so that we have something to live for, something to aim for, and most of all, something to work for. But anything worth dreaming of requires work to bring it about. It also requires an engineer. Since it is impossible for me to manage my own life, or anyone else's for that matter, any dreams, goals and plans that God puts in my heart are also there to provide me with opportunities to exercise both faith and submission. He gives me a chance to build faith in the idea that He has placed desires in my heart that He wants me to have as He takes me to a place where I am happy, joyous and free. And also these dreams give me a chance to remember and exercise faith that what the engineer of my life has begun He will complete. But faith without works is dead, and faith without submission is meaningless. When I take the action to turn my will and my life completely over to my Creator, I find the guidance and wisdom necessary to make my dreams come true. When I simply take my dreams and run with them without waiting for God's guidance, I destroy them, and even those dreams given to me by God turn either to insubstantial wisps of wish or, worse yet, nightmares.