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Day 3: Sand and Stars 

Sometimes life happening around us, or to us, seems to be in direct contradiction to God’s Word or His promises to us. God told a man named Abram, “I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies” (Genesis. 22:17 NASB). How can Abram, a man with a barren wife, receive a word from God that speaks to him being a father to many? 

It’s simple: God’s truth has to be greater than what seems like the truth surrounding us. Abram’s wife was barren, but God told Abram that he would be a father to many, and Abram clung to that belief. God changed Abram’s name to Abraham because Abraham means “father of many” and God needed Abram to start seeing himself as God called him to be. Abraham believed, and his vision for his sand and stars grew and grew. He indeed became a father to many, including one that was born of his wife, Sarah.

Sand and stars are the biggest, deepest dreams we have for our future, and it looks different for every one of us. It begins to happen when we imagine what we haven’t yet seen. As we think about it, it begins to influence every aspect of our lives—from where we spend our time, to where to spend our money, to who we become as people. It becomes deeply ingrained into our hearts and becomes a part of us.

Do you have a dream to own your own business, but you lack the funds or resources to bring it to fruition? Are you praying for the salvation of a loved one? Do you have a passion for a cause that you don’t have the education or credibility to serve? That’s your sand and stars dream. Most of what God does on this earth is through people, and that is what sand and stars are all about. 

It’s about vision growing inside of us, and us being a willing participant in the creative process. Sometimes it means abandoning everything we know, stepping outside of comfort zones, coming down from the window and into the street, exposing ourselves and being vulnerable to the possibility of falling flat on our faces to see a sand and stars dream come to pass.

God hasn’t left you out. Everyone has sand and stars. There are things God has impressed upon your heart that may not even have come to light, yet. But, they are intended to become physical reality in the future. It could be that God is waiting for you to open your heart and mind, or to expand your thoughts to accommodate this huge vision. Or, maybe He’s waiting to see if you really trust Him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. Sand and stars will always call you beyond where you are, in your current circumstance.

Do you have a sand and stars dream in your heart? What would it take for you to step out in faith?