I am going to attempt to blog for the next 30 days, whatever is on my mind-- long or short, simple or profound.
For the past few days, I've been thinking a lot about where I want to be in life. I think there was a time when I used to dream and have goals, but I can hardly remember the time when the world was at my fingertips. We just got back from CLASH camp with over 600 middle schoolers and high schoolers, who are all on fire to change the world for Christ. While it was so exciting to see them worship and pray in unison, I couldn't help but wonder why, we as adults, don't have the same fervor and same expectation for God to use us to change the world. The speaker made a statement that was meant to pump up the kids, but only depressed me. He said, "I love speaking to students because I don't really know who I'm talking to. There could be doctors, lawyers, or the President of the United States in this room. When I speak to adults, I pretty much know who I'm getting." It's unfortunate, that as adults, we no longer feel like we can be or do anything. And that's what spurred me on to think about where I want to be in life, to think about those big goals and dream big dreams. I'm good at the daily to-do lists, and I can plan with the best of them. The problem for me is execution and staying faithful to the task when it seems impossible. I think that's why it's so hard for me to plan and set goals for the future because all I can see are the obstacles in my way. I think that just because I can't achieve the simplest daily goals like getting all of the laundry done in one day, that there is no way that I can come anywhere close to the big ones. But then that's where I am reminded that I don't do it on my own, that God has set those dreams in my heart and given me a purpose, and through His power working in me, I can see those dreams become a reality. So when it feels impossible, I can shift my focus from all of the obstacles and put it on Jesus and be faithful to keep walking.
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