Go for It !

In Ron Clark’s book, “The Essential 55” he takes rule # 51 to talk about dreams. As I was reading it this morning, all kinds of emotions and thoughts ran through my mind. The one thing that we do not want to happen in life is to get to the end and find we have regrets about the way we led our life. Here is Rule 51:

Live so that you will never have regrets. If there is something you want to do, do it! Never let fear, doubt, or other obstacles stand in your way. If there is something you want, fight for it with all your heart. If there is something you want to do, go for it and don’t stop until you make it happen. If there is something you want to be, do whatever is necessary in order to live out that dream.”

Keep in mind though that there are always consequences to our decisions. Be sure that the goal truly is something worth going after. The good dreams inside of us are put there by God and are achievable at some level. There are plenty of dream killers out there to give you reasons that you should play it safe and ignore the dream. The Bible is filled with examples of people who were more concerned with going for the goal rather than playing it safe. There are always reasons out there of why not to do it, but the over riding concept in my life is that the only thing that really matters is what God wants. Once we figure that out, we have a green light to go after it.

My favorite Selah song is “Press On”

When the valley is deep
When the mountain is steep
When the body is weary
When we stumble and fall

When the choices are hard
When we're battered and scarred
When we've spent our resources
When we've given our all

In Jesus' name, we press on
In Jesus' name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize
Clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on

In Jesus' name, we press on
In Jesus' name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize
Clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on
To press on