Nancy Kuhuski

It just keeps coming up. Everywhere I turn, there it is again. “Dream Bigger”… but what does that even mean? I heard it in a talk I was listening to a couple weeks ago, then from a friend. I was flipping through an old notebook and found, where months earlier, I had scrawled across the page “Dream Bigger”. Just this afternoon, listening to the radio, the DJ was talking about the need to dream bigger. It has literally been surrounding me for weeks. I’m a dreamer, I admit it. I love to dream about what could be, the possibilities, and what could become a reality. I am rarely satisfied to simply settle for the status quo. But that’s just it… I do that routinely, so what is “Dream Bigger” all about?

I’ve been on a journey of discovery. This has brought me to the uncomfortable conclusion that my tendency is to disqualify myself from being able to do something that feels really big. Ouch… that’s a little painful to say out loud. I dream about big things, but it’s usually for other people. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a pretty confident girl, and I’m grateful for my gifting and where my hard work has gotten me. Yet, when it comes to people who get to do really big things, I have a hard time believing that includes me.

Why? Why not me? As I’ve worked to unpack this, someone I’ve long felt camaraderie with came to mind. His name is Moses. You see, Moses was told to go, that God was sending him, and he was supposed to lead. His response “But Moses protested to God, ‘who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?’ God answered, ‘I will be with you.’ Exodus 3:11-12

You see, it’s really not about me, or even what big thing I might be able to do. It’s really about that God is with me. I’m not on my own to do big things. In fact, if I attempt to do big things on my own, even if I succeed, there is little lasting impact. When I listen to what God is asking me to do, then He goes with me, and really big things that have deep and lasting impact can happen. It sounds so simple, but it’s so easy to listen to the voice of insecurity instead of God’s voice.

I want it. I want to dream bigger – God sized dreams! So, my next step is to listen. To listen to where God is asking me to dream bigger. To listen to where He is leading me and will go with me! It’s scary, but that’s what living a “daring” life means. This is my year to step out and live “adventurous courage”!

Where are you being called to dream bigger? Where are you disqualifying yourself? Where do you need a Moses moment, and need to hear that God will be with you?