Seven Characteristics of God Inspired Dreams
This is the first of a four-part series about being a Dream Maker.
What is a God-inspired dream?
How do you know if you have one?
Here are seven characteristics of a God-inspired dream to help you answer those questions.
- A God-inspired dream is uniquely yours given to you by God. It will be tied to your gifts, talents, passions /or experiences. No one else will be able to fulfill this dream except you. A dream from God is aligned with who you are at your deepest level.
- A God-inspired dream requires sacrifice. Dreams from God will require you to make some difficult choices. It will ask you to let go of some things whether it be your job, relationships, your home, time, money, habits, or old ways of thinking. The greater the dream, the greater the sacrifice.
- A God-inspired dream is deeply embedded in your heart and mind. You are not able to let it go. You may have tried to ignore it, minimize it or run away from it, but no matter what you do the dream is still there.
- A God-inspired dream will affect the people in your life. Some people who are close to you will not understand or support your dreams. You/or your dreams may be criticized. Family and friends may discourage you from following your dreams.
- A God-inspired dream makes no sense to you, but you are compelled to do it anyway. The dream scares you and excites you all at the same time. You don’t know how it will come together and you will have questions and doubts about how to make your dream a reality.
- A God-inspired dream requires you to move out of your comfort zone. You will try new things, go to new places, and meet new people. The dream will challenge and stretch you in ways you could never imagine.
- A God-inspired dream serves people. Dreams that seek to serve others are not pursued based on the goal of achieving fortunes, fame or material possessions. The dream instead grows from a sincere desire to help others and to make a positive difference in the world. Your dream is one where you would happily dedicate the rest of your life to fulfilling.
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What are some other characteristics of a God-inspired dream? Is your dream a God-inspired one?
Next week in Part II of the series, learn what is a Dream Maker if you are one and if not how to become one.