The Pillar of What

Once we've begun to move into our Who, our identity as Father God sees us, we move into the second pillar — the Pillar of What, Heart Dreams.

Why are the dreams of our heart important? For several reasons. First, they further reveal who we really are. The second is how they lead us into our unique purpose and place (How and Where). We are all creative and powerful, and living out of our identity and dreams releases that power on behalf of others. There are people around us that we are the best ones to help through the releasing of our dreams.

One challenge we have, as the book revealed to us, is that our heart communicates in pictures, far more than words. When we clean off the muck from those pictures, we can feel the power they have for us, even hear the music that streams from those pictures. For most of us, we've let what others say about us and our mistakes and failures crush and even bury those dreams.

So how do we clean off or resurrect our dreams? As with our identity, we start by asking Jesus to help us. His word tells us he wants us to fulfill these dreams, called heart desires in the Psalms.

A good place to start is to see where you have been attacked the most. The dark lord fears that we will discover and live out our dreams so he attacks us the most there. Think back about things that began to excite you when you thought about living something out. Write these down and start by asking Jesus about them.

Note that for most of us, the dreams were so quickly squashed that we never finished painting the pictures — so don't be surprised that they seem faint or incomplete. As you and Jesus dust them off, they will begin taking shape, and you'll be able to continue to add to them. You will likely find that they will develop more fully as you begin serving others.