Did you know that NASA, with all of its super computers and billion dollar budget cannot duplicate the flight pattern of a dragon fly or a bumble bee? Aerodynamically, neither the dragon fly nor the bumble bee should be able to fly. Yet, even today, I have seen dozens of them fly around my back yard.
The dragon fly and the bumble bee deny logic.
When was the last time you denied logic? When was the last time something happened in your life that you cannot explain and was beyond your human ability?
I was looking through my gratitude journal the other day and was shocked to notice that most of the really great things that have happened in my life had very little to do with my control or my power. The really BIG, outrageous dreams that came true seemed to happen beyond my efforts – and often despite myself!
I don't reference this to boast laziness or to imply our lives are predestined and we should all stop working. I mention it to cause you to think about your beliefs of the miraculous and the unexplainable. And, most importantly, do you believe these kinds of things happen to someone like you?
In the book,"The Ideas of the Great Philosophers," author William Sahakian explains the many views and thoughts on logic and truth. It's interesting to realize that all of the great philosophers agree that scientific truths are often beyond the scope of the human mind and our five senses.
X-rays, light waves, chemical reactions, and a host of other natural phenomena cannot be sensed, though they are understood and demonstrably real.
Think about your five senses and how limiting they can be. A straight stick placed in water appears bent to our sense of vision. We know a mirage is not real, but it looks that way to our eyes. Sounds with a wave frequency above 20,000 cycles per second are not detected by our auditory sense, yet they are detected indirectly. Six pencil points touching a person's back are sensed as only one point.
There are countless human experiences that can not be seen, proven, or measured on a scale, yet they are undeniably real. One of these realities is love. Love can not be seen. But it can be felt and experienced. The wind cannot be seen. But, like love, it is felt and we notice its affects. Intuition can not be identified or measured on a scale, yet we have all experienced a gut feeling.
Our logical mind and human senses are limited!
Now, before you hyperventilate… know that I believe the logical mind is powerful and it is important to develop it, consult it, and allow it to direct you. Logic will help you analyze and discern.
However, this same power can cause you to miss out on opportunity and keep you from living life to the fullest! Some people spend great effort developing their mind and then their mind will not allow their Spirit to rule – or to even be heard.
Wisdom is the combination of the mind and the Spirit.
One without the other is misleading, limiting, and even dangerous. Logic without intuition creates robots and limits possibilities. Intuition without logic creates ambiguity and confusion.
You have both of these gifts inside of you. When you couple your mind power with your Spirit (your heart, intuition, gut feelings, and faith) you have created the most effective and powerful force in existence!
Take out your goals and current dream board. Look at them through the eyes of your Spirit.
God put in your heart even before you were born.
Is that dream on your list?
There is an amazing, powerful, unseen force that exists beyond our human senses and finite mind. And learning how to tap into it brings experiences that are truly profound!
For me, the Bible holds countless biographies of people who know how to use wisdom to fulfill the really profound. Reading these testimonies has helped me realize it's real an notice the miraculous even in today's world.
Now, granted your dream may not be revealed to you in a burning bush, an explicit dream, by an angel or an apparition appearing before you, but God is still in the business of placing BIG dreams in the heart of his people.
What is yours?
They dream outside their own human potential. Then, they surrender their dream to God and ask for it back with His supernatural power and possibilities.
One way to recognize a "God-sized" dream is by evaluating your reaction to it. If when you think about your BIG dream you get that feeling of intensity in the pit of your stomach, you can be sure, that's the BIG dream God put in your heart even before you were born.
