ENGAGING THOUGHT
So...here we are looking back and celebrating nearly 60 days of active forward motion in pursuit of God's DREAM. At this point we need to ask a question - the answer to which will determine where we go from here. It is another one of those path-determining questions. No one else can answer it for you. It doesn't seem all that big of a deal on the surface, but it is.
That's it. That question has the power to determine what you do next. When we boil all of this DREAM-pursuit stuff down to it's essence - none of it (the new thought-patterns, retrained habits, skills, relationships, etc.) will have the slightest impact on our future pursuit if we decide the answer is, "no." We're rather fickle that way: no amount of pragmatic evidence to the contrary can trump our answer to that question. However, if our answer is, "yes," then no amount of frustration or difficulty will hold us back from continuing on in the pursuit.
There are really only two different outcomes at this point, and, though the details will vary for each of us, the patterns are fairly universal. The first outcome, if you decide that the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge was interesting and all - but not really worth it in the end, has you returning to your previous norm for life, perhaps with a few new stories and experiences, but nothing substantively will change. Truthfully, if that is the conclusion you reach, I would say at this point, "Thank you for joining us this far, you need not return for the last two days of the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge. May the Lord bless you in whatever you choose to do from here on."
The other outcome is, of course, quite different: if you decide that it really is worth it to pursue hard after God's DREAM for your life - with all the twists and turns that this implies - then nothing will ever be the same again. The next two days for you will perhaps be the most important part of the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge.
Was it really worth it?
That's it. That question has the power to determine what you do next. When we boil all of this DREAM-pursuit stuff down to it's essence - none of it (the new thought-patterns, retrained habits, skills, relationships, etc.) will have the slightest impact on our future pursuit if we decide the answer is, "no." We're rather fickle that way: no amount of pragmatic evidence to the contrary can trump our answer to that question. However, if our answer is, "yes," then no amount of frustration or difficulty will hold us back from continuing on in the pursuit.
There are really only two different outcomes at this point, and, though the details will vary for each of us, the patterns are fairly universal. The first outcome, if you decide that the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge was interesting and all - but not really worth it in the end, has you returning to your previous norm for life, perhaps with a few new stories and experiences, but nothing substantively will change. Truthfully, if that is the conclusion you reach, I would say at this point, "Thank you for joining us this far, you need not return for the last two days of the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge. May the Lord bless you in whatever you choose to do from here on."
The other outcome is, of course, quite different: if you decide that it really is worth it to pursue hard after God's DREAM for your life - with all the twists and turns that this implies - then nothing will ever be the same again. The next two days for you will perhaps be the most important part of the 60 Days of Dreaming challenge.
ACTION STEP
For today's ACTION STEP you'll be writing another statement of resolution (similar to Day 16). This time form your statement around the answer to this question: Is the pursuit of God's DREAM for my life really worth it?
EXAMPLE: "I have resolved in my heart and mind that God's DREAM for my life, which is to craft nachos on the International Space Station, is worth the hard work and determined focus it has taken me to get this far."
EXAMPLE: "I have resolved in my heart and mind that God's DREAM for my life, which is to craft nachos on the International Space Station, is worth the hard work and determined focus it has taken me to get this far."
Tomorrow we'll utilize our new beliefs and behaviors as we identify the next step in the DREAM-pursuit.
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