DREAM BIG by Donnell Jones, Pastor, Grace Covenant Church DC www.GraceCovDC.org
“ Dream big because what you produce will be the difference for others.”
Now vision is an inspired look at the future. Vision is the image you conceive in your mind and heart of a reality that is born in time. It begins with an idea. When an idea is conceived in the mind and heart, you carry it inside you. Sometimes you are the only one who can see the vision. You talk about it. You explain it. You wake up with it. You lose sleep because of it. You toss and turn because of it. It begins to fill your life. The vision grows within you taking on shape and form. An inspired vision is often larger than you feel able to manage. It stretches you. As the vision grows so must you grow. You must grow patient because giving birth to a dream takes longer than you desire. You must grow up because giving birth to a dream is not the same as maintaining what is produced. You need endurance because at times you grow weary. You need others because by yourself you can accomplish very little. A great dream requires resilience because of opposition. No great dream ever came about with ease. On the contrary, much effort and hard work are required. What big dream inspires you? What giants appear to be standing in the way of the dream coming true. The greatest challenges to our dreams are the giants inside of us not the ones outside. The giants of fear are very real. Fear of failure. Fear of success. The moment you conquer the giants
on the inside, that’s the very moment the ones on the outside lose their grip on you. Many people carry a dream in their heart and mind. An inspired dream is one that carries you! When you dream big, the dream moves you. It compels you. You’re restless if you ignore it. Dreaming big punches a hole in the wall of unbelief. Dreaming big dismantles discouragement. Dreaming big creates a path through the wild not around it. Dreaming big hopes for what is yet unseen! Dreaming big dares to be great! Dreaming big gives birth to change for the better and the best! Dream Big because without a dream you will accept things as they are. Dream big because real change rarely comes about without someone daring to believe and act on that belief. Dream big because what you produce will be the difference for others. Dream big because it matters for you and for those who you may never see. Whoever you are and wherever you are in life, DREAM BIG! Pastor Donnell Jones is pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Washington, D.C., Character Coach for the Maryland Terrapins and Chaplain of the NABC.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the NABC.
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