Are you investing in your dreams? Here’s a personal story.

A Gift Card Dilemma

I was recently given a gift card - and what do we usually do when we receive a gift card? GO BUY OURSELVES A GIFT!!! As I was on the way to Best Buy to buy myself a DVD, I felt the LORD say “no.” I went anyway and spent at least twenty minutes looking through each section. The conviction was heavy on me not to buy, but I was determined. I held them in my hand, but the movies I wanted to buy, didn’t interest me at that moment. After some struggle I ended up conceding to the Holy Spirit and leaving WITHOUT buying anything. “Sorry Lord… What am I supposed to use this gift card for?”

Today, when I woke up, I had a better sense of what I needed to use the gift card for… I needed to invest in the dreams God placed within me. And this is the point:

We often take our resources and spend them on things - instead of - investing them into our dreams.

Defining the Terms

Spend: to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc). To use up, consume, or exhaust.

Invest: to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering profitable returns, esp. interest or income. To use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.) as for a purpose or to achieve something. To furnish with power, authority or rank.

Seeing the Difference

You see the difference don’t you? It’s about prioritizing our lives. Every time we spend our resources we decrease our ability to reach our dreams. But when we invest our resources, for the purpose of moving towards our dreams, we furnish power and authority to their realization! And when the dream is realized, there will be time to celebrate. So what dream has God placed within you? Have you taken the time to write it down in as much detail as possible? What are you doing to invest in your dream? Have you broken things down into manageable steps? Just a friendly reminder to invest in your future instead of spending away resources on things that won’t benefit you in the long run.

I know what you’re wondering… “Allen, will you ever go back and buy those DVD’s?” Yes, I will… after I’ve made some major progress investing in my dreams… using some of the money from their returns.

Let me know what you think.

-Allen Paul Weaver III-

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