Dreams

At a very early age I remember the desire of my heart being getting married at age 21 and having two children - a boy and a girl.  I didn't even realize I was praying because I never spoke these word to God, but He was listening.  He did not fulfill that dream in the way that I thought He would, but nevertheless He fulfilled it - and just right now as I am typing this, for the very first time I've received the revelation that He even fulfilled the children in the order in which I spoke them!  My son is older than my daughter.  Thank You, Lord!!!  I tell you God continues to amaze and WOW me every single day!  Dreams and desires are placed in us to fulfill the purposes of God.  Throughout my 56 years He has placed dream after dream in me and He keeps fulfilling them!  There have been some desires that I've had that He eventually removed - they were not part of His plan.  Not only has He placed certain dreams and desires in me, He's placed them in each and every one of you!  The secret in seeing those dreams become reality is yielding our lives to the way He wants them to go and then having the boldness and the courage to step out and do what it takes by His leading.  He is the one that makes them come to pass, but He needs a willing and cooperative vessel!   Just because the Lord gives you a dream does not mean it's going to be easy to achieve.  In my experience I have found the two most important elements are first of all believing God will do just what He says and secondly believing in yourself that He's already placed in you what's needed to get the job done.  Many of the dreams the Lord gives us look absolutely impossible and we know that without Him they most certainly cannot be done.  That's how you know it's a God-given dream.  Mark 10:27 tells us:  "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."  Trust the process, keep believing, and no matter what stand on His Word - not the winds of doubt that try and toss us to and fro.  God is able!  He can and He will!!!