Picking Up Dropped Dreams

“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man, this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26

In Genesis 21, a mother named Hagar gave up on her dream. She dreamed of raising a son who would one day become a strong and mighty man. Finding herself homeless and in the wilderness, she allowed despair to take over and eventually dropped her dream. The baby’s frantic and desperate cries for food and water melted Hagar’s heart. With nothing else to give, she laid the child under a bush and left him to die. 

But then an amazing thing happened. God heard the boy’s cries. The boy, Hagar’s dream, was crying out, and God said to the mother, “Go back!” God may be leading some of you in this season to go back and pick up your dropped dream. You may have given into discouragement and laid it down, but God may want you to return and pick it up again. 

Hagar was at rock bottom. She had done all that she knew to do, but it looked like her dream wouldn’t happen. But God was not going to let her give up. He opened her eyes to His resources and showed her where the provision was and how to keep the dream alive. 

God was with the boy as he grew up, and His promise to make him into a great nation came to pass. God will not leave you alone as you continue on the pathway to do His work. The Word assures us, “You both precede and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.” Psalms 139:5 

He is preparing the way before you and also following after you in case you should fall. Have the courage today to pick up your dropped dream. He will be with you every step of the way.

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