Dreaming and Doing

Dreaming and Doing

Today Oswald Chambers writes of dreaming and doing.  “Dreaming about a thing in order to do it is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.”  A perfectly thought out plan is of little use to anyone unless and until it is put into action.   Well, the plan may impress me, and I may take some pride in my being able to come up with such a clever plan, but that is about all one can squeeze out of it.  The juice is in the execution of the plan.  Suppose, on seeing a drowning man, I think quickly and devise a foolproof plan on saving him.  The plan is of little use unless and until it is executed.  Which takes us to Chambers’ punchline – [A]lways beware of giving over to mere dreaming when once God has spoken.  Leave Him to be the source of all your dreams and joys and delights, and go out and obey what He has said….  Dreaming after God has spoken is an indication we do not trust Him.”

What plans do I have sitting on the shelf that God has led me to, helped me devise?  Perhaps it is time to check the expiration date on them.