Remember back to when you were a child; what did you want to be when you grew up? The answers will vary from a fireman and police chief to fighter pilot and Navy Seal to a dancer and a writer. No matter your dreams as a child, we all had them. We wanted to be like our heroes, we wanted to be heroes to others. So what happened? Why aren't we living those dreams? Perhaps some are, a small few, but most aren't. It's because someone told us that we can't. It won't pay your bills; you're not strong enough; you're not smart enough; you can't. Where does that leave you today? Today you are grown, at least in your twenties, and you feel God calling you for more, whether more is your family, your community, your country, your world. God never designed us to live by ourselves for ourselves. God designed us for greater things because "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world," (1 John 4:4). If we are Christ-followers and we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us, then we can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives us strength, (Philippians 4:13), as long as we have faith like a child.
The reason it's important to remember wanting to be an astronaut or a rock star or some other hero is because those were dreams you had as children, when your destiny was what you dreamed up and not what the world said you couldn't do. Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all," (Luke 18:17). We are called to have faith like a child; to look at the world through a child's eyes. Today we look at the world and say, "I can't." A child looks at the world and says, "I can." With Jesus at your side and the Holy Spirit as your guide, what can you do?
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you. ~ Matthew 17:20
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