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The Dream Team
- David Brown
- Jul 5, 2009
- Series: Dare To Dream
The Dream Team
Last weekend we began to talk about Daring to Dream.
To become Dreamers, God has to challenge our thinking.
He did it with Abram telling him to…
Look Out (out of his tent of confinement, comfort, convenience)
Look Up (putting his confidence in God and in himself)
Look Beyond (beyond his own limitations)
We also discovered that both Abram and God had dreams!
God’s dream for Abram was greater than Abram’s dream for himself.
God’s dream for Abram would only come true if God had influence with Abram.
(Potential Dreamers often need influence and inspiration from other Dreamers.
Americans needed J. F. Kennedy to help them dream of putting a man of the moon.
American blacks needed M. L. King Jr. to stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and say, “I have a dream”. His dream ignited their ability to dream of racial equality.
The People of Eastern Europe needed President Ronald Reagan to stand at the Berlin Wall and say, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” to inspire them to dismantle it brick by brick. The Soviet Communist system fell apart and the dream of freedom took over their lives.
Abram needed God to adjust him, increase him and empower him to dream big and then achieve the dream!
In effect, Abram and God began to dream together!
They became a Dream Team!
Two great miscalculations found among many Christians…
That God will do nothing much for them and that they must make their own way in the world.
That God will do everything for them without their active participation.
The truth is…We are to walk with God and work with God…allowing him to inspire our ability to dream, believe and achieve!
God and You. You and God. The Dream Team!
Again, to Look Up means to place confidence in God…and in yourself as a Child of God, indwelled by God, walking with God!
Dreams come true with God!
Acts 10:38 KJV
Jesus achieved his dream because God was with him!
The Christian life is a life of walking with God, working with God, cooperating with God, yielding to and being led by God.
Mark 10:27 KJV
…with God all things are possible.
1 Corinthians 3:9 KJV
…For we are laborers together with God.
Someone has said…”Pray like it’s all up to God and work like it’s all up to you.”
If you dream of becoming a great guitarist…pray…and practice.
If you dream of being a teacher…pray…and study.
If you dream of building a great ministry…pray…and build people.
We can’t do it all and God won’t do it all!
1 Corinthians 7:24 KJV
Where you were called to be is the God dream for your life.
God puts his dream in your heart!
Stay with the dream and stay with God.
The Message says…
Friends, stay where you were called to be. God is there. Hold the high ground with him at your side.
God’s ultimate dream…
Revelation 21:3-7 KJV
God’s ultimate dream is to be with you!
God with you…makes every dream come true.