Dreaming and taking Risks

I'm celebrating being able to share that, wanting to goto Israel, I have now been to Israel! It's something to be able to say that 2 weeks prior to leaving I began to receive finances to go and then left on the 30th to leave for Israel, where I've never been before!

The one thing that has been occuring over and over during this whole process is dreaming. I cannot give dreams to others, but dreams happen when you have hope.

While preparing for the trip to Israel I heard God specifically say "I just want you to love me!" and to rest in Him. That bread the kind of environment where I was dreaming, and believing that what I wanted God really wanted as well. The time I can remember clearest when God said this to me, was after a conversation I had with my missions committee. I had talked about wanting to goto Israel, and, with not much time to go, what the plan of action was. Though I did not say much else, I felt to go back to the prayer room and ask God what was from Him. As soon as I entered I was compelled to start playing the guitar and sing. During the time of worship I realized that God had spoken saying "I want you to goto Israel" - like someone that has vested interest in getting to the Holy land, saying "I will get you to Israel" this put me at ease.

Do not ever stop dreaming, and taking risks in dreams. You will not loose anything If you do it in God, the gamble, I say, is how much I can gain in love with Him, how much do I risk to be at the heels of His throne. My treasure really is in Heaven.

This is all I was thinking of, the dream that I could be in Israel. Believing that I would be there, when I got there, it was bigger, better and more amazing than I could ever have expected.

I want to breed a community that dares to dream, dares to take risks, challenges, and everyone achieves all their dreams, lives upto our potential.

Dare to take risks, because you're not going to loose, the cost is how much more can you gain of Him! when the gamble is with God I want to take all that I can because even if it doesn't work, my risk cannot loose.

Let them be incredible dreams, impossible dreams, Impossible dreams like expecting the plane ticket and accomodation, spending money in Israel. Impossible dreams like daring to believe that when God said "I will pay all your outreach fees for the school you're staffing before the end of the month" daring to believe that. The more impossible the more you know the thing is from God.

There's certainly people that have not dreamed before, but I encourage others to enter into the possibility. I certainly believe in You!

In 1 Cor 3:12-15 it talks about works that are built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ. When the things that we do are built by "wood, hay or straw" these will be burned up when God comes to test our work
But if we built by "gold, silver, precious stones" we will receive a reward, having our works endure. Have encouragement to work for things that will not perish, but will remain, things motivated by love!