Think for a moment about the following…
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To dance on stage.
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To make a million dollars
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To have a family of my own
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To walk on my own
These are all good goals.
Some of these could be considered aspirations, and still others can be
dreams. It all depends on where they
carry you in life. It also depends on
your circumstances and how you arrived at this conclusion.
Let’s look at them again…
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To dance on stage. Maybe this person started out taking lessons
at the age of 2. It could have been
ballet, jazz or tap. It does not matter
and at the age of 12, she decided that dance is where she wants to be. So she studied hard at her craft, got a few
lead roles, and at the age of 18, she got a scholarship to study dance further. Let me stop right there for the moment.
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To make a million dollars. What drove this person to this state? Maybe they grew up poor and saw their parents
struggling to make ends meet. Their
father worked 2 or 3 jobs just to put food on the table while their mom did an occasional
temp job. That person decided that when
they grow up, they were never putting their spouse and child through that
situation. Again, I am stopping for the
moment.
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To have a family of my own. This person was an orphan and went from
foster parent to foster parent only to get the wrong end of the stick. They question themselves about why are they
are not adoptable, because they see younger children being adopted. Another situation could be that they are not
able to have children and so far they are not able to get married, and at the
age of 35, they wonder if that will ever happen.
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To walk on their own. This one is a little tougher. Perhaps this is a person who was in a car
accident and was paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors have explained over and over again
that walking is impossible now. Still another
situation could be a child who was born with cerebral palsy, and cannot run and
play like the other children. They
wonder if they will ever be able to play like a normal child.
There is a difference between a dream and an impossible
dream in man’s eye, but God see it differently for nothing to impossible with
God. If you look towards Him, He will
see to your needs and help you towards those goals. Let look once more at these examples:
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To dance on stage-After graduating from college
and dancing for several companies, this person was injured during a high point
of her career. A torn ligament in her
right leg. Soon after recovery, the
company she danced with said that she was too old to dance. What does she do? She did not take up a second major in case something
happened during her dancing career. So
after some prayer, she decided to take some business courses, and opened up a
dance studio with the money she saved up for a rainy day. This person took in some students, included
some under-privilege students. One day,
she met with an investor.
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This investor also had a past. After seeing his family struggle during his
childhood, he was smart enough to get out to get a scholarship to go to
college, and learn how to work in finance.
After graduation, he too got a good job, and was able to invest in the
stock market and several housing projects, including taking over the building
where his parents lived before they died.
The summer of 2008 came, and he found himself struggling after the recession
hit. He too found himself praying to
God, which lead him to invest in the dance studio owned by the former dancer. The two fell in love, and found out that
they could not conceive, and struggled with this. They prayed to God and this led them to
adoption. They decided to adopt special
needs children, and they adopted a healthy 10 year old,
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Who wondered not only if she will ever be
adopted, but also if she will ever be able to walk, run, and play like normal
children. So, the couple and their new
daughter talked to doctor after doctor, until they were able to find one who
was willing to give them hope and understanding about her situation. The couple actually found out their daughter
had been abused as a baby, and through therapy she was able to do most things
that normal children do.
Now miracles happen every day, but sometimes, if you want
things to happen, you may need to turn to someone who can see your way through
it. It may take some time, but if God
says yes, it will happen in His own time, for his time is not like ours. We want things to happen yesterday, and humans
are by nature are impatient people. It
also takes some action.
Consider this: If it
wasn’t for the dancer being persistent and patient with her career, she could
have not gotten that scholarship, which led to her dream of being on stage. What you did not know was she was also
wondering if she would ever have a family of her own. At the age of 35, she met the investor. If it wasn’t for the recession which caused
this man to lose a million dollars, he would not have invested in the dance
studio. What you did not know was he
promised himself and God that he would not work 2 or 3 jobs like his father,
who did not believe in the power of prayer.
He did not know that he was also sterile, which he found out only after
he married the owner of the studio.
They prayed for a baby, but got a child instead. What you do not know was the couple tried
for 5 years to have a baby and turned to adoption after doctors told them that
it was impossible to try further. This
led them to the 10 year old girl who thought she was unadoptable, and unable to
play like normal children. This led to the
couple finding out that their child was abused as a baby, by 2 sets of foster
parents. The baby failed to thrive at
that point. It was through much prayer and patience that led them to find the
root of her problem, and getting help where needed.
No matter what your problems are, or how big your dreams and
goals get, God is there for the asking.
He does not have to do it, but He does because He cares for us and He
loves us, for we are His children. He
will do it, but there is that time where it cannot be done, because you have not
thought it through long enough. So to
ask for a million dollars depends on what you are going to do with it, asking
for a dance career is the same concept.
He does not want you to blow it by gambling nor does He wants you to
blow it by dancing in a strip club. Same
thing, if He thinks you will abuse a child, after have they gone through years
of abuse, or abusing a spouse. So these
requests could have ended with a “no” from God.
When it is all said and done, He also wants you to thank Him
and worship Him too. Tell others of the
miracles that have happened to you, and let them know that you are His child.
