Some people think imagination is a bad thing.
Maybe it is because an over active or unrealistic imagination can get you into trouble.
Beyond that, imagination is fun and extremely powerful.

Just watch a kid playing with some Lego.
Or writing a story.
Or playing some game with their friends.
Imagination seems to play a natural part of who they are and how they behave.
As adults we can sometimes think imagination is a childish thing that should be left...in our childhood.

Belief and Imagination I believe are two related entities.
Without them in your life...well it just seems a little boring.

Without belief you don’t dream.
Without belief you don’t try something new.
Without belief you don’t take chances.
Without belief nothing much changes…

In fact the only things that seem to change for you are what you think happens just by chance. Which can fuel your feelings of thinking life is random or even out of control.

I am convinced God wants you to believe, yes in him and what Jesus has done for you on the cross…
But beyond that to keep believing.
Believing is a stagnant experience when it is based on what has already happened.
God has more for you and I to believe in and believe for.
It is like he wants to use your imagination to dream (with his leading) what to believe for now and what to believe for next.
Trying to shut it down will cripple you.
It will cause you to miss out on what God has for you, under the guise of being ’adult’ or ‘grown-up’

Didn’t Jesus say about having something like a faith that was childlike? Where your outlook on God’s Kingdom needed to be like a kid...maybe even with some imagination?

The Israelites even illustrated this as well.
They didn’t all entered into the promised land.

Hebrews 3:19 records it like this…
They were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

It wasn’t that they didn’t have the gifts or talents.
It wasn’t that they didn't have the opportunity.
It is just that they would not believe God could really do what he said he would do.

So here is my simple challenge to you this week…
Please dream, please imagine, please believe.
Believe for something in God beyond where you are right now...something you may even need.
Pray for it. Focus on it. Believe for it!

Something to think about...