How? Consider Psalm 37:4-5:
“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in Him, and He will make it happen. Don’t be anxious or upset when someone else’s dreams come true. Instead, be silent before the Lord; wait expectantly for Him.”
Trust God. He will make your dreams come true if you follow Him, obey Him, and commit to doing things His way. Be patient, expect Him to bless you, and He will.
The secret is that as you obey God, your heart will change. The more time you spend with God, the more your heart begins to desire what His heart desires. So if you are truly finding your delight in Him—if you will “delight yourself in the Lord,” then you will desire what He desires, and He will fulfill those desires. In some areas, you already desire what He desires—so you will receive what you currently want. In other areas, He may change your desires—but by the time you receive those things, they will have become the desires of your heart.
The point is, we need to find delight in the Lord and in His plans, His hopes, His dreams. Don’t be dismayed when your friends receive things that you want. It happens to me often enough—sometimes it seems like my peers are publishing books left and right, and it is frustrating to think perhaps I write as well as several of them, but it has not happened for me. But God’s counsel for me is to be patient, to “rejoice with those who rejoice” and to be silent and “wait expectantly for the Lord.” He will bless me too.
He will make my dreams come true—even if that means first giving me new dreams.
Honor and obey the Lord. Spend time with Him. Enjoy Him. Be delighted by Him—and He will make your dreams come true. Expect it.
Talk to God about Psalm 37:4 ask Him to fulfill His promise.
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