Don't Let Others Limit Your Dreams
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
What if some
did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
Romans 3:3,
NIV.
TODAY’S WORD
Have the
opinions of other people caused you to water down your dreams? There will
always be critics and naysayers in life. It’s not what’s said about you that
affects your life, but what you say and believe about yourself.
One of the
most important things you can learn is that other people don’t have to believe
in you in order for your dreams to come to pass. Other people don’t set the
limits for your life—you do. In Romans 3:3, the Apostle Paul is saying, “It
doesn’t matter if other people don’t believe. Their unbelief is not going to
keep me from believing in my dreams.” When God puts a promise in your heart,
it’s not up to other people to bring it to pass, it’s up to you! You don’t need
everyone to validate you. You have to follow the voice of God for yourself and
allow Him to order your steps.
Remember,
God sees the hidden treasures that you’ve had buried on the inside of you. He
wants to bring those treasures out and make your dreams reality! As you get rid
of old, defeated thoughts and replace them with what God says about you, you
will remove the limits and live the abundant life God has in store for you!
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Heavenly
Father, thank You for another day to see Your goodness in my life. Today, I
take off the limits and embrace the dreams You’ve placed in my heart. Empower
me by Your Spirit to fulfill Your plan for me in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
***
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” (1 Peter 2:9 NIV)
- The Bible teaches that every Christian is:
- Created for ministry (Ephesians 2:10)
- Saved for ministry (2 Timothy 1:9)
- Called into ministry (1 Peter 2:9-10)
- Gifted for ministry (1 Peter 4:10)
- Authorized for ministry (Matthew 28:18-20)
- Commanded to minister (Matthew 20:26-28)
- Prepared for ministry (Ephesians 4:11-12)
- Needed for ministry (1 Corinthians 12:27)
- Accountable for and rewarded according to his or her ministry (Colossians 3:23-24)
This means ordinary people with children and jobs and mortgages and really, really full calendars — in other words, people just like you and me — are called to be ministers from God.
What does this mean?
God shaped you for ministry. The God of the universe shaped you uniquely to make a contribution in this world and the world to come.
God will support you in ministry. There is no way you can fail in your mission unless you fail to accept the calling of ministry that comes with being a Jesus-one.
God will answer your questions. Ask God how he wants you to contribute. Ask him how he wants to use the way he’s created you to uniquely serve him. Ask God, “What kind of God-legacy do you want me to leave?”
Thank God you are among “the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you” (1 Peter 2:9 MSG).
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