What If...?

2 Corinthians 5:5

“God is the one who has prepared us for this change, and  he gave us his Spirit as the guarantee of all that he has  in store for us.” (GNTD)

Jeremiah 29:11

“I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.” (GNTD)

Some of the greatest books written and movies made start with a “what if…?” These two words in the form of a question are very powerful. Movie writers, marketing executives, entrepreneurs, and the whole of Silicon Valley, all started with someone asking a question. Think about Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, Karl Benz, Madame CJ Walker, and countless others who posed a question and changed the lives of millions of people, even to this day.

I must confess, I have had many ‘what if’ moments in my short lifetime, even wrote some of them down, but I eventually said to myself, “this what if isn’t good enough, no one will ever like it or believe in it.” Do you have those same thoughts as well? There are millions of what if’s laying in cemeteries all across the world, full of what if’s that were supposed to change the word, but fear never allowed them to manifest. 

Think about how different American life would be if Jerry Baldwin hadn’t imagined having a specialty coffee house that just sold coffee. Coffee? Yep! Now Starbucks is worth $4.4 billion dollars (2013).

When you think about it, it’s pretty absurd to think that our "what if" is meaningless, trivial, too out there. I mean, c’mon, who is your daddy? Only the greatest thinker-upper of all things as we now know them, duh! This, original thinking, thought giving, no limitations inviting, God, is…well, He is! There is nothing that He is not. (Selah)

Today, what “what if” has God placed within your heart? I am speaking to myself as well. Our daddy, the master creator, is looking for you to change the world! He is looking to us adults to inspire and encourage our children to take their limitless minds and change the course of history. 

Let’s encourage one another today to take our “what if’s” and take a risk. It may seem like an out of this world idea, but guess what, that’s exactly where God is and how He created us to be!

P.S. Take a moment to share your “what if” in the comment section, I promise I won’t laugh! Or talk with God or a trusted friend. We must decree and declare it by speaking those things which are not as though they already are.