No more limits

Where is this going?

As you could probably tell from my last post, I'm thinking about life these days. There's got to be more to this life.

Now, I'm a God fearing man. I know He's got a plan for me. Right now, I just wish He'd share that plan for me. Have you ever been in a place where you wonder what you're doing or what should you really be doing?

I'm a pretty rational thinker. I tend to deal in realism. So much that I think it hurts me sometimes. Rational, realistic thinking has limited my reach. It’s caused me to undream my dreams.

We went out with some close friends Friday night, and I was mentally drained from a long day of work. It took me a few hours to finally unwind, but I took in alot of the conversation. Alot of it was around dreams.

Ironically, that's been on my mind and heart lately. What are my hopes and dreams? And how did I get so far from those dreams?

One of our friends said he recently asked his wife," Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"

I believe her reply was she didn't know. And for good reason. When you are waiting and trusting the Lord, how can you know? If you follow His leading, you go to where he leads you. That's where you'll be.

That's hard to fathom in today's world. Everyone maps out a plan for their life, but how often do we run it by God? In high school, they prep us for college and you start to outline where you want to go to school, where you go for Grad school, and then what will that career choice be which gets you to six figures faster.

That becomes what defines us. Career. Achievement. Wealth.

What is starting to drive me these days is fulfillment. And being truly fulfilled is going where He wants you to go. That’s what I want to define me.

This weekend I saw friends who were sweethearts when we went in high school. I hadn’t seen them in 10 years. His career is what he was born to be as he is a music and worship leader at his church. His talent was obvious back then. He followed the leading and there he is.

They look so fulfilled and had such joy. More inspiration.

Right now, I’m holding onto Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

God’s been with me every step of the way to date, why would I even think He wouldn’t be with me going forward, or worse that He’s not with me now.

Why should I start to doubt God? Can I limit a God who has no limits? I was starting to say God can’t or won’t do things. I began to look at things the way we, well, look at things. By what we see, or by what we’ve seen.

Where do I want to be in 10 years? Not where I am now, sitting in a chair wondering how I get "there." I don't know where I'll be in 10 years, but I'm saying today it won't be in the same place.

It won't be looking back at the things I could have done, or the things I said I was going to do.

No more limits.