Dream Big Because You Have a Big God
By Rick Warren
“God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!” Ephesians 3:20 (MSG)
God’s dream for your life is exponentially bigger than any dream you could come up with. Why? Because it’s eternally significant.
There are a lot of dreams you could have that may seem big, but they wouldn’t be significant. You could dream of being a millionaire by a certain age, but for what purpose? Do you think God put you on this planet to live for yourself? Of course not! God’s dream for your life is bigger than your dream.
Ephesians 3:20 says, “God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!” (MSG).
Think of the biggest dream for your life that you’ve ever come up with, even if you didn’t follow through on it. What’s the most out-there vision you’ve had that seemed almost impossible? Well, guess what: God’s dream for you is even bigger. It’s “far more than you could ever imagine.”
Dream your biggest dream. Think of your greatest vision. God can top it!
You have no idea what God wants to do through you. You are living such a small fraction of what you’re capable of. You are doing with your life such a small portion of what God wants to do in your life.
God wants you to dream big. But he wants you to base your dream not on what you think you can do but on what you think God can do. He wants you to use the imagination that he gave you, because dreaming big honors him. It shows faith. It shows trust.
Many years ago Saddleback Church purchased 120 acres of land for our campus. That’s bigger than Disneyland! When word got out, people said, “What kind of church is this that’s going to go buy 120 acres of Orange County property? Who do those people think they are?”
When I heard that, I said, “That’s the wrong question. The question should be, ‘Who do we think God is?’” We were dreaming big, because we knew God had a big plan for Saddleback.
He’s got big plans for you too. Let the size of your God determine the size of your goal.
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