We have all had a dream in our heart that we wanted to achieve in life, but that for some reason we had put aside, resigning ourselves to it being “impossible”, either because we ceased to believe in it, or because someone told us that it was “impossible” to achieve … What about you? Have you ever had an “impossible dream”?

There is a beautiful song, entitled “The Impossible Dream” and made famous by a musical movie made in 1972, “Man of La Mancha”, which really impacted my youth. It depicted the incredible difference that a man, thought crazy by his relatives, made in the life of people who had stopped believing in themselves, because they had been trampled upon by others! They were totally transformed by his faith in them (See Video Clip at the end of this article).

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

I believe God placed within each one of us all we need to achieve our “impossible dream”! We were created to live out the full potential that is within us and give the best of ourselves in this life, but often people resign themselves and accept a life of mediocrity that is boring and getting nowhere, mainly “because of unbelief” (Matthew 13:58)! Do not let this happen to you! There is only one life that will soon be past! Only what’s done for Christ will last!

Are you giving the best of yourself?
Are you chasing the impossible dream?
Are you reaching for the unreachable star?
Or have you settled into a boring routine that is making your life sad and miserable?
God wants to fill your life with joy! Jesus said: “These things have I spoken to you, that your joy might be full” (John 15:11).

I don’t believe in the type of religion that teaches you that one has to suffer through this life, in order to rejoice in the afterlife, and that we can only hope to one day be happy in Heaven! I believe that God wants to fill our present lives with joy, if we can only receive it! Jesus said it repeatedly: “Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16:24).

The dictionary definition of “Joy” is: Intense and exultant happiness, contentment, pleasure.

Therefore, joy is a victorious state of mind with which we can face life and overcome any and all obstacles we find in our path! We must simply believe it and, with faith, everything can be overcome! “All things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23).

The problem is that some people think that, in order to live better and achieve your dreams, you have to be selfish and think only about yourself, but it’s not true! The Bible teaches that “what a man sows, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). “For with the same measure that you give, it shall also be given to you” (Luke 6:38).

We were not destined for an unhappy life, but as God’s children we have the right, that was granted to us by our Creator, to fully enjoy life! In the parable of the Good Shepherd, Jesus said: “The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

The “thief” is the negative religious thought that tells you that you don’t deserve to be happy, that “you must pay for your sins, that you will never amount to anything because you are not worth it, therefore you must resign yourself to your fate and bear your own cross in life… “, but that’s not true! Jesus carried the cross and died for you, to set you free from sins and give you back the fullness of joy and living in the grace of God!

If you have been listening to destructive thoughts in your mind, feeling guilty for your past mistakes, recognize the voice of the “thief”, who has come to “steal, kill and destroy” your dreams by filling your mind with lies, and realize that Jesus came “that you may have life” and He wants you to “have it more abundantly” (John 10:10)!

Do not allow that “thief” to rob you of the joy of living, which is your right as a child of God, but “take the shield of faith, with which you can quench all fiery darts, and the sword of the Spirit” (Eph. 6:16-17) to silence those negative thoughts and claim God’s promises for you!

“I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the Lord, “plans of peace and not of evil, to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).

The Lord is not a tyrant who plans evil for you, but He want to give you hope and a future in which your “impossible” dream can come true! Simply take it out of where you have hidden it, claim God’s promises and start building it! Your future is glorious as His promises!

“Delight yourself in the Lord: and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday” (Psalms 37:4-6).

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