Dreams
- By Batsirai Chada
- Published 01/24/2007
- The Heart
- Unrated
Batsirai Chada
I am the editor of Called2Music. I started this because I felt compelled to by God. It's that simple. He really has a vested interest in every human heart - and with music being a launguage of heaven and the human soul - He is REALLY interested in the artists who venture out to declare Him to the world.
In this season, God is looking for laiddown lovers who yearn for Him first and from that place go out declaring the truth in song, and in demonstration of power. Its not about who can move the most CD's - but how we can move His heart and the hearts of men towards Him. I hope the content on this site will help you in your pursuit of your calling.
A few years ago I watched the Colorado Avalanche win the Stanley Cup - Game 7, at home! I don't watch hockey regularly, but I can imagine the emotion there. Ray Bourke had played in the NHL for 22 years - without winning the cup once - it must have been extra special for Him. Talk about "FINALLY!" and relief - perhaps a sense of accomplishment. "It is finished" (He retired soon after)
Dreams - the things that keep us going, keep us hoping, makes us unsatisfied with less, make us yearn and seek their fulfilment. Our lives become so wrapped up in the pursuit of those dreams. We as Christians even have righteous dreams - grand plans of accomplishing mighty things for God.
From such dreams we derive our purpose, priorities, plans and passion. We are almost defined by the pursuit of the dream - yet what happens when you reach your goal, fulfil your dream. Why will Ray Bourke get up in the morning - when the very reason that woke him every day for 22 years is no longer there?
Some of us fear pursuing our dreams for the fear of achieving them and then having nothing to live for anymore. So consuming our dreams can be.
How boring is life for one who has it all, and done it all - yet that is exactly what we secretly wish for - that place of fulfilment, satisfaction, happiness, comfort.
So the paradox exists: We need dreams to pursue (career, status, impact, influence, significance, pleasure) - but we struggle to imagine anything past the dream worth living for.
I haven't achieved all I dream of, so I don't know; maybe it's like reaching the summit of one mountain only to see the myriad of higher peaks awaiting you in the distance. Other dreams and goals surface, maybe we give back - charity, philanthropy, family, we try be good, having reach that last tier of Maslow's hierarchy of needs - self-actualization. Think Oprah.
We put new challenges in front of us when we have hurdled all others. We make comebacks - just to prove we could - just so we could have something to pursue - something to guide us - like a pillar of fire in the night. We find purpose in the pursuit and a fleeting sense of achievement in its capture.
Vanity, Solomon called it - chasing after the wind except - finally catching it and realizing you "still haven't found what you're looking for..."
Now what if we pursued something that we could not attain - but that gave purpose, value and meaning to our lives with every stride we took towards it. Some would call it a waste of time because you could never catch it.
Perhaps the purpose is the seeking, and the growth that seeking facilitates. What if we chased God - pursued Him passionately - never attaining completely - but better off anyway. A dream to pursue for life, and after life, a dream come true.
Dreams - the things that keep us going, keep us hoping, makes us unsatisfied with less, make us yearn and seek their fulfilment. Our lives become so wrapped up in the pursuit of those dreams. We as Christians even have righteous dreams - grand plans of accomplishing mighty things for God.
From such dreams we derive our purpose, priorities, plans and passion. We are almost defined by the pursuit of the dream - yet what happens when you reach your goal, fulfil your dream. Why will Ray Bourke get up in the morning - when the very reason that woke him every day for 22 years is no longer there?
Some of us fear pursuing our dreams for the fear of achieving them and then having nothing to live for anymore. So consuming our dreams can be.
How boring is life for one who has it all, and done it all - yet that is exactly what we secretly wish for - that place of fulfilment, satisfaction, happiness, comfort.
I haven't achieved all I dream of, so I don't know; maybe it's like reaching the summit of one mountain only to see the myriad of higher peaks awaiting you in the distance. Other dreams and goals surface, maybe we give back - charity, philanthropy, family, we try be good, having reach that last tier of Maslow's hierarchy of needs - self-actualization. Think Oprah.
We put new challenges in front of us when we have hurdled all others. We make comebacks - just to prove we could - just so we could have something to pursue - something to guide us - like a pillar of fire in the night. We find purpose in the pursuit and a fleeting sense of achievement in its capture.
Vanity, Solomon called it - chasing after the wind except - finally catching it and realizing you "still haven't found what you're looking for..."
Now what if we pursued something that we could not attain - but that gave purpose, value and meaning to our lives with every stride we took towards it. Some would call it a waste of time because you could never catch it.
Perhaps the purpose is the seeking, and the growth that seeking facilitates. What if we chased God - pursued Him passionately - never attaining completely - but better off anyway. A dream to pursue for life, and after life, a dream come true.
