So much of what i have been reading recently has been dealing with the issue of Hope. This small word had the potential to see us through to the realization of our dreams but the lack of it can also leave us visionless and without direction.
We live in a world that so often tells us not to hope for too much so that we won't become disappointed. We tell our kids not to have ideas above their stations and ourselves not to put all of our eggs into one basket. We breed dreamless attitudes and the very term dreamer is often used with negative connotations. This is the world we live in and the culture surrounding us but we are called to be in the world and not of it.
You see my bible doesn't say any of those things. Proverbs 23 tells us that 'There is surely a future Hope for you' and Isaiah says that those who hope in the Lord will not be disappointed, but I actually believe that Hope isn't the issue at all but more our hate of the wait. It was easy to Hope when we started out. We had the divine creativity to come up with the dream but when the stop sign popped up we were so unprepared for it!
I remember someone praying for me once saying 'Steph, God has made you spiritually pregnant with something, with a divine dream, but you need to remember not to hate the pregnancy'. It stuck with me. It made me think of so many times in my life where i have had the bravery to receive the call of God but lacked the determination and strength of character to wait on it.
I think we need to readdress our hearts on this issue. Find Hope in the word of God, have faith in the dreams he has planted in each of us, and remember to take the time to allow God to prepare us for the Birthing process.
' There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna want to make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast i get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb'
Miley Cyrus
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