God can use weak people. He spoke to me in my spirit. “I want you to know Me in the fellowship of my suffering.” “No, Lord, I don’t want to know you in the fellowship of your suffering. I’ve already suffered too much.” He answered, “Then you can’t know Me in the power of My resurrection.” I later understood that when you’re willing to admit everything you’re not, God will take what you’re not and fill it with everything He is. When those two forces meet, you’ll experience resurrection power.
God had something marvelous that He wanted to do through me at that time, which the natural world can’t grasp—not even the “religious” world. They think you have to be filled with faith or have yourself all together to adventure with God. Want to know a secret? Generally, I’ve never been in a good place when God has given me dreams and used me.
Some people think, I don’t have any dreams… I don’t even have any ideas! Well, I have great news for you. God has plenty. And His dreams impact your destiny and the destiny of this world. You have to know why you were born. And the only one who can tell you the answer is the One who created you. Will you ask the question? Will you expect an answer—in ways that might surprise you? To live a life of dreams, you have to engage with The Dreamer. He has dreams for your life.
The greatest aspect missing from my childhood was not receiving any affirmation. But I later realized that what motivates me to pursue the dreams of God is His divine affirmation. When I see a God-inspired dream come to pass, I’m flooded with a sense of awe and gratitude. It’s like a slap on the shoulder from Father God saying, “I’m proud of you! Great job.” It’s the greatest high, and it all comes because of a dream. And with that affirmation come favor with others.
My daughter has been with me when I met with leaders of Israel, and many other leaders from all over the world. Every time she’d come out of these meetings, she’d cry in the car, “Dad, they love you! They respect you. They ask you questions. It’s beyond anything I could have imagined. You do have divine affirmation.”
I’ve been married 55 years to my best friend. My children love me. I’ve never dabbled in drugs or alcohol and yet had one of the most dysfunctional childhoods you could imagine. When you receive divine affirmation, it fills the quest to be loved. Only then can you focus on giving love.
I’ll be honest with you. I would never have chosen me. I was the most broken child you’ve ever imagined, and certainly not one who had any gifts. I didn’t go to high school. I never took a writing course, nor a speaking course. But God is crazy about me, and He’s crazy about you.
When I meet a person, I ask them two questions. The first, I already told you, “what’s your dream?” And the second question is, what are the two greatest days of your life? The answer to that question is “the day you’re born and the day you find out why you’re born.” I believe you may very well find out why you were born while you’re reading this. One word from God can change your life forever.
God has opened the door for you right now. Step through it and dream big and watch Him take the limits off your life and pour into you gifts that you couldn’t imagine as you take this journey with me. Take the limits off your life and relationship with God and dream big. We serve a big God and big dreams honor Him. and love His Chosen People say, “Hineni.”