Would you quit your day job? Would you take the hit
financially? Would you go back to
school? This is a sampling of some
of the big sacrifices we think about when it comes to accomplishing our
dreams. After all, big dreams
often require big sacrifices.
These kinds of sacrifices take a great deal of personal courage and come
after long seasons of prayer and thought.
For the dreamer, these kinds of sacrifices are a reality they are
willing to pay. However, there
exists a whole series of smaller sacrifices that must be considered in
accomplishing our dreams.
Think of it this way… For the one who desires
to write a book, there is the daily discipline of writing, editing, sending in
manuscripts, accepting critiques, working with literary agents. For the one who desires to run a
marathon, there is the reality of daily training, nutrition, and injury
care. For the one who desires to
start a small business, there is the discipline of securing the initial
investments, securing leases, hiring first employees, receiving and filling the
first orders.
These are small steps that lead to a greater
reality. Often, we make the
mistake of counting the big costs of achieving our dreams without counting the
smaller costs that will surely be a part of the journey. You may be ready to sell it all for
your dream, but are you ready to do diligence in the details required in
bringing a vision into reality?
Are you willing to take the daily steps that will lead to your dream’s
fruition?
Maybe your next step is to sit down and write
out a list of sacrifices big and small.
Think it through. Pray it through.
Then, with eyes wide open to the road ahead, commit to fulfill the dream
God’s has placed on your heart.
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