Even if it costs us our dreams

Some of us have huge plans for life.
We want to see the world.
Build companies.
Start incredible ministries.
Touch and impact people's lives all over the world.

All of those ambitions are great!
Many of us lack dreams.
We need dreams.
Dreams bring life and vitality to our lives.
They help us grow as people and spur us on to great accomplishments.
We all need to dream bigger than we do now.
We need to dream big dreams because we serve a BIG GOD!

But today...God has been teaching me something.
He's been teaching me something really simple.

Sometimes in life those big things never work out.
They never materialize like we think they will.
Sometimes it's because we just aren't strong enough.
Sometimes it's because we are afraid of failure.
Sometimes it's because we don't pray enough.
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But often, "big" things don't happen simply because it is not God's best for us.
The thought is this:
Perhaps the most important thing for some of us to do is to touch everyone we can.
To touch those we interact with on a day to day basis.
When we look at the life of Christ, the majority of His life was poured into His Twelve Disciples.
Perhaps we need to take a lesson here.
Perhaps God is more interested in us making a DEEP impact in the lives of FEW rather than attempting to make a small impact in the life of many.
Perhaps for some of us, our lot in life to simply be teachers and pour ourselves into our students and show them how to live like Christ.
Perhaps for some of us, our lot in life to simply be coaches who teach their athletes the way of the most excellent life, the narrow Calvary road.
Perhaps we've all been thinking upside down.
Perhaps our "big" American thinking needs to be stopped and we need to focus on making meaningful impact in people's lives.
If Jesus spent so much time investing in twelve simple men's lives, perhaps this is something I need to start doing.

Remember: a life lived for people, and a life lived showing people how to live and love like Jesus is never wasted.

This must be our central goal...no matter how "BIG" or how "SMALL" Christ decides to use us.
God's not interested in numbers.
He's interested in our hearts and our message.
The message is always Jesus Christ and Him crucified and the life of love and service.
The Gospel is always the core and the cross is always the center.
And the manger is the beginning of it all.

Tonight, I'm lost in the wonder of Jesus' love.
May we live our lives in such a way that shows EVERYONE that we meet this incredible love.
No matter the cost.
Even if it costs us our dreams.