Your Dreams Are Impossible, and That’s Okay

Recently, a friend of mine was talking about his future hopes and dreams.

I knew that what he was describing was something he was passionate about, so I encouraged him to pursue it more. "It's just not realistic for me to do," he sighed.

That was one of the most heartbreaking conversations I've had, because my friend failed to realize that not being able to accomplish his dream on his own was not a bad thing. Instead, he gave up on his dream because he believed it was solely his responsibility to make it happen.

I believe that every single person has a dream. Big dreams. Impossible dreams. We-could-go-broke-and-lose-everything kind of dreams. These dreams, I'm convinced, are often God-whispered. God often will give us big, impossible dreams—because we can't accomplish big, impossible dreams without Him.

God loves to give us dreams that are impossible to fulfill without Him. If you are actually able to accomplish every hope and dream you have with your own effort and hard work, it's not big enough. Don't insult God by dreaming too small. What’s that burden you just can’t shake? What keeps you up at night? Or as Andy Stanley puts it, “What breaks your heart?”

Great leaders embrace their impossible dreams. It’s easy to go where someone else has already gone before, but it’s exceptionally difficult to create a new, unproven path. There will be seasons where your team or your boss will think you’re crazy and wonder why they signed up to work with you. There will be seasons where you’ll think you’re crazy. And the truth is, you are a little crazy. That’s precisely why God chose to work through you and give you an impossible dream.

Let’s be honest: embracing your impossible dreams will be tough. There will be a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of people questioning whether or not you’ve gone off the deep end. During those times it’s important to remember that if God gave you a dream, He will be faithful to fulfill it. That doesn't mean it'll be easy, of course—but it'll be worth it.

Heavenly Father, thank you for planting a dream in my heart so big that I must depend on You in order to see it come to life. There is nothing too big or too crazy for You to accomplish. I give You my dream of _______, and ask for You to do with it what You will and for Your glory. I can’t, but You can. In Jesus’ name, Amen.