Vision: Pictures Say 1000 Words Sample

When I was a young girl, around 8 or 9 years old, I read a fiction book about a girl who becomes a boxer while still a kid. I don’t recall the title, but something in that book sparked such an interest in boxing for me that I decided I wanted to become a boxer too. I became extremely motivated to be one of the first (and in my young mind, the only) female boxer.

My dream of becoming a boxer was shattered when I realized that the life of a swollen face from choosing to be hit for a win just wasn’t for me.

Dreams are powerful! They are our mind’s way of going beyond what we typically have the capacity to see. They are limitless expressions of a future. It is in and through dreaming that we can live beyond the limits of our current circumstances and situations to encounter the greater possibilities within our reach. Yet, many of us don’t steward dreams well—not because we can’t, but usually because we simply don’t know how. One of the first steps in stewarding a dream is identifying what is influencing the dream. If we skip this critical step, we can easily be led down the wrong path.

If what is motivating our dreams isn’t inspired by the heavenly purpose or assignment that God has called us to, then we can dream ourselves right into a nightmare. A dream can lead us down a counterfeit path of success and accomplishment if it is not influenced by God. That is why it is so important to combine dreaming with seeking vision and strategy from God. He must be what inspires and influences our dreams.