What's The Dream?

If you’ve watched America’s Got Talent, you’ve heard the judges ask a contestant, “What’s the dream?” They are being asked, “How big do you want to be? How much to you want to do? How far do you want to go? What kind of impact do you want to make?”
   
I like asking officers, “Why did you become a cop?”  When some say, “I don’t know...I just always wanted to be a cop”, I think about something those of us in the ministry refer to as a “calling”. It’s a feeling or a belief “This is what I am supposed to do. I’ve been given the ability, personality and temperament to allow me to do this...almost like I was created to do this and help people this way.” When the task feels bigger than what I can handle, the calling gives me the strength to soldier on.
   
Do you ever feel that way doing your job? Of course every day is not rainbows and unicorns. The job you do is HARD, yet you feel accomplished in doing it well. Is it a calling? Were you created the way you are so you can help people the way you do?
 
When you think about “What’s the dream?” in your career, does your answer include the size of your impact? If it does, I would like to leave you with this encouragement (especially if you believe God called you to do what you are doing).
   
Describing God and what He is able to do in us, the Apostle Paul wrote these words: Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…
   
Your career is not limited to answering calls for service, writing tickets and the mundane parts of your job. If God called you to do what you are doing, He will use you in your everyday service to impact and change the lives of those around you one person at a time. What if God multiplies your influence bigger than you ever imagined possible? According to these words from Paul, that’s the sort of thing God does for those who look to Him. DREAM BIG! 
   
Your service is appreciated,
Pastor Rob