Have you ever had the guts to dream without limits? You know, like when someone asks “If money were no object, what would you be doing?” I have at times dared to go there in my thoughts. I have even stepped out on a limb at times and done things that that were totally motivated by my dreams and had little evidence of common sense! Though I don’t consider myself a big risk taker, I have at times taken big risks.

I had the pleasure of visiting Kansas City last spring for some ministry training. I met lots of people that really blessed my heart and my life, but one woman stands out above the rest. She is a wife, a mother, a church leader and a woman with a dream much bigger than herself. I listened as she shared small pieces of her dream and watched as she sought God for answers even in the midst of training. What amazed me was the quietness of her soul. Her vision was big, but somehow she knew her God was bigger. She was patient, willing to do the hard work of waiting when necessary, not wanting to run out before her God. I was touched by her. My heart changed by the encounter, challenged by her faith.But most importantly, inspired by her to seek God sized dreams.

As most of you know, SOZO Clean is up and running. It looks different than I pictured it but somehow I get the impression that it looks just like God wanted it to. Gods Girls Ministry is also serving women and God’s Office is a prayer room worth visiting if you haven’t been there yet.

Our God is so faithful. It amazes me how small I see, how little I am willing to settle for time and time again. I want to have all the answers to all of my questions. I want a big check book, I want a dozen confirmations from a dozen different people and then I want writing on the wall just for posterity. It is rare if ever that God works that way. He wants our hearts to trust him. He wants us to talk with him, look to him and depend on him. He told Abram “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land that I will show you.”(Gen.12:1) He told Moses “Go”. (Exodus 3:10) He told Joshua as he was about to lead Gods people across the Jordan “Be strong and courageous”. As a matter of fact, he told him that three times in the first 10 verses of Joshua chapter 1. What amazes me in each of these stories and many others recorded for us, is that God always promised to go with them. And he did every time. He provided the words to speak, manna to eat and whatever else was needed to fulfill the promise.

Some of you are probably thinking that it is everything you can do right now to just make it through the day. You are less concerned with changing the world and more concerned with changing your husband. Some of you are wishing you had a husband. Big dreams are relative to where you are on your journey. But the one thing that is consistent with achieving big dreams is that there are many steps that are routine and mundane. Often it is here that we fail. We want the miraculous, the splendid, the grandeur but we aren’t willing to do the work. The key to achieving God sized dreams is to be willing to take baby steps until we grow into the dream. The journey is just as important as reaching the goal. Dream God sized dreams, expect him to go before you and prepare the way and don’t expect to have all the answers today. It will be bigger and better than you have imagined. Because that’s our God, that’s just who he is!