How to Find and Live your Dreams
by Craig Lock

This article was largely based upon a most inspiring adress by Dr Bruce Wilkinson as aired on the excellent TV program, The Hour of Power in New Zealand on TV3. I have personalised some of the information and applied the principles to my own life, as in this piece. The Rev Robert Schuller has been a great inspiration and "mentor" to me in following my personal dream for many years (no-one could believe the journey) and I'm sharing this piece with the hope and in the spirit of inspiring other people to follow their personal dreams. That is my dream!! Craig Lock 5th December, 2003 * I believe that all dreams (big or small) start in prayer - in close communion with the Source of Life, the One who knows us best, our Creator, God, the Spirit of the Universe. HOW? Prayer changes our thoughts into another DIMENSION - the SPIRITUAL. Our Higher Self connects with the divine, something far Greater than ourselves; so that we draw on an unlimited Higher Power with unlimited potential... the power of God. God, the Great Dream Giver, the Ultimate Source, the Ground of our very Being also has a dream for your life. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you... Before you were born, I set you apart." (Jeremiah 1:5) and the big dreamers are the ones who'll change the world... so making it a better place for ALL. The secret of the dream: you never know how you're going to do it before you commit to doing it. When God gives you a dream in your heart, it is always too big for you to do...ALONE. It seems overwhelming at first - impossible, way out of your reach; yet somehow it gets achieved. No, not achieved...but surpassed. "The dreams of great dreamers are never achieved; but with God's help are always surpassed into true miracles...beyond one's wildest dreams." - Craig Lock Your dream is at the centre of who you really are - the core of your very BEING. The dream of God is the reason for the way you are - it drives you and gives a sense of meaning and purpose to your life. The dream is always outside your comfort zone. Don't focus on the fear - focus on the dream. Then the dream becomes more important than the fear. Dreams happen when you accept the fact that the dream is your calling. COMMIT fully to it. Say: "I don't know HOW I'll do it, but God will give me the way, if I just proceed and follow the dream. Say, "I will UNTIL." Take that first step in FAITH. It's the will of God, our Creator, that we follow our personal dreams - fulfilling God's dream is what we have been made to do, based on our skills, talents, gifts and aspirations. In short, our unique personas. It's our unique calling in life: to do what we are DESTINED to do. CHOOSE to follow your dream; because, if you don't, do you realise how many people will be affected? Because a dream often lies in helping someone elses dream, or helping them achieve it. It is God's dream and consequently can never be selfish. All dreams start in FAITH, but ones faith gets strengthened as you take one step after the next. Faith really works and get's stronger by the day, when you look back and see how far you've come. My dream in sharing this piece is helping others to fulfill their potentials, their individual dreams through encouragement. You can't imagine the more you pursue the dream, the more God, the Grand Designer of Life, is going to use you in ways you never imagined possible. I am continually amazed at what I'm doing each day...from what started out as the seed of a vision twelve long years ago. It's a true miracle in action, I believe. Also my faith is considerably strengthened each day, as I see the process DOES work...and how far I've come from those tentative first steps. I'm greatly enjoying this exciting journey, as I follow my personal dream.

You’re never too old and you’re never too young to dream big dreams! Will you go through life one day regretting that you DARED TO DREAM? Will you too surrender to your personal ("impossible") dream? Absolutely NOTHING is impossible* (I can certainly vouch for that!).

"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable and receives the impossible." - Corrie Ten Boom Just TRUST God and enjoy the journey towards your dreams. You CAN do ANYTHING with God's help. Craig Lock ("Incorrigible Encourager, Information and Inspiration Distributor") Eagle Productions http://www.craiglockbooks.com http://www.craiglock.com

"Eagles may fly high, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."

P.S: The fact that I've submitted this article is a result of being in an seemingly impossible situation years back, which (though still early days) eventually led to me finding and living my dream as a writer, who uplifts others and touches lives around the globe.

Keywords: inspiration, inspirational writings, dreams

About the Author
Craig Lock, Gisborne, Eastland, New Zealand
clock@paradise.net.nz
http://www.craiglock.com
In his life mission Craig hopes to encourage, motivate and inspire people to be their best through realising their full potentials and live their very best lives. Craig believes in the great potential of every human being in the journey of life and loves to encourage people to share their individual (and guiding) spirits, so that they become all that they are CAPABLE of being.