Its Yours...How Bad Do You Want It?

How many of us have dream(s) in our hearts that we've been working toward?  I know pretty much everyone, but sometimes life knocks the wind out of you through circumstances and situations and bring you to a place of what next. Well, I not only arrived at this place called what next, but I also decided this was not the place I wanted to stay.

I have recently been faced with insurmountable pressures and circumstances that seemed hopeless.  But what I discovered was this place is no different than any other place. Every place in your life begins with a decision. I could either stay in a place of hurt and discouragement because of the injustices heaped upon me, keep crying my eyes out to God, or I could get up and look for answers on how to bring my dream to pass.

For a moment, all I wanted to do was just let go of everything. I felt as if maybe I've bitten off more than I could chew, maybe I'm not smart enough, or maybe I've waited too long to pursue what's in my heart. The list went on and on...but however, the tugging at my heart to get up and move was still there. Although faint, but still pulsating.

That's when it hit me, its almost as if I could hear God saying to me "practice what you preach. Do what you know to do". Okay, and what you need to know is we went back and forth. I even had the nerve to shake my fist at God and tell Him "You said You would take care of me and this sucks...where's the provision...I'm doing what You said to do...why are things happening like this...Where are You?"

As you can see, it was not pretty. The amazing part was all along God was telling me how much He loved me and how much He has blessed me. I finally said okay Lord I surrender All. That's when the lights came on. What I realized was there was some unfinished business in this place called what next and I could not move any further until I dealt with it. The Father loves us so much He does not want us taking old hindrances into our future because it will only destroy God's best. Which brings me to my next question:

Where are you? And what are you willing to do to go all the way to your destiny? 

I had to make a decision to keep moving. There are so many gifts inside of me and I just began to use them. Amazingly, as I began to use what I knew, God began to open doors for me one at a time.  Unexpected money, favor from old corporate connections, just so many blessings have been poured out.

What I discovered through this process is you can have your dream if you want it, but you have to keep moving. Life will happen and give you plenty of reasons and opportunity to stop, but will you dare to get up after you've been knocked down. God wanted me to be reminded of what's inside of me. Its the stuff that champions are made of.

If you want to fulfill God's purpose for your life, you've got to be willing to keep moving in spite of the circumstances. Remember, God is always with you no matter what it looks like.