Earlier in the year I was meditating and asking God what my focus was on this year and he gave me two phrases: “Obey God and Dream Big.” I asked myself, Lola do you trust God enough to Dream Big? I mean dream so big that you know when it materializes it was not due to anything you did but all God. Do I dare to have such a dream? Or do I dream big enough to have a hand in creating that dream. I think that in almost every dream I’ve had, I always gave myself an out. Making sure that I can have a hand in making it possible. I do not think that is what God means when he says “Dream big”

I think we dream big, asking God to fulfil our desires but subconsciously, we leave ourselves a tiny window to help God out if he doesn’t fulfil our goals the way and time we want it. Is it not amazing how we think we can help out God. I mean he is the one who created us and gave us life, what help can we offer him? When I put it out there it sounds bad, but we do it all the time, at least I know I do. I think it has become an unconscious behavior over the years. I think the few times where I have trusted God fully without leaving any way for myself is during pregnancy for my kids. I know that each day it was God keeping me and I did not do anything on my own. It was like everything I tried to do on my own never worked.

There are so many scriptures that show us that God wants us to dream big, but do we dare? Eph 3:20 says

“Now to Him who, in exercise of His power that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely beyond all our highest prayers or thoughts.”

Meaning, whatever dreams and prayers you have is just the beginning to what God can do for you. I read this scripture to my husband and his reaction was comical. He said, “So meaning if you tell God you want to go to Mars, his blessing will continue even after you get to Mars' '. I thought that was very funny, but it is an apt representation of that scripture. If your highest prayer is Mars then know that God can do beyond that. If God will do this for me then why can’t I trust him enough to dream really big, so big that I know I cannot get it done even if I tried? I find it difficult sometimes to dream that big. It has taken the Holy Spirit's help to get me there.

How have I been able to dream big you may ask? Well one of the reasons is because like David i have experienced his fulfilment of my desires. Psalm 37:5 says

"Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust him, and he will help you”.

Every time I have turned over a situation to him wholeheartedly, he always helps me. It is like he is waiting patiently for me to be like “Ok God, I am done. I cannot handle this anymore, I’m done, do whatever you like”. He shows up! Just when you have tried all you can and you have no more moves to make, he takes over. He does not want to share his glory, so he waits until you hand it over to him without keeping any part for yourself, even your life, before he does his work.

The question I ask myself is why I do not dream bigger, so big that people think I’m crazy! If I serve a living and faithful God, the God who parted the red sea, filled the world with water, gave Abraham a child at 100 years old and helped me deliver safely, why do I limit him by thinking small? It might be hard, but if I want to prosper and succeed in life, I need to trust the God who says to Dream big and DREAM BIG.

Join me folks as I dream bigger and bigger during the remaining 6 months of the year prayerfully.