Dharius Daniels - I'm A Real One

Well, somebody in the chat put «preach, ” and somebody in the room said „preach.“ Genesis chapter number 28, verse 10 is where we’re going to start our time together today, and it says this: Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there—listen to this—he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on top of the earth, with its top reaching heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. There above it stood the Lord, and He said, „I’m the Lord, the God of your father Abraham, the God of Isaac, and I will give you your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth—listen to this—and you will spread out to the east, to the west, to the north, and to the south. All the people—listen to this—will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I love this: I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you.“ Somebody should have gotten more excited about that! I’m going to read that last line again: „I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.“

So as we leap into part two of this series called „Dream Chasers, ” I want to talk from this subject, family: „I’m a real one.“ Somebody put that in the chat: „I’m a real one.“ If you’re in this room, say it and confess it like you mean it: „I’m a real one.“ Well, family, I’d like to begin our time together by informing some and reminding others that you have been called, created, and commissioned by your God. Listen to this: I want you to catch this—called, created, and commissioned by your God not just to dream your life—don’t miss it—but to live your dream. It’s one thing to dream about your life; it’s another thing to live that dream. We clarified, articulated, and elucidated last week that when we say „your dream, ” we really mean „God’s dream.“ We gave you keys and markers on how to distinguish and differentiate your dream from God’s dream—your dream for yourself from God’s dream for you. Here it is: when it is your dream for yourself, you have it; but when it is God’s dream for you, it has you. One more time, family: when it is your dream for yourself, you have it—come on! —but when it is God’s dream for you, it has you. And I don’t know who this is for, but I want to tell you: maybe that’s the reason some things won’t let you go—not because you have it, but because it has you. Maybe this is why, when you get discouraged, defeated, and feel defeated and want to walk away from what you’ve been passionately pursuing, something on the inside of you refuses to allow you to quit and crumble. Because maybe what you’re dreaming is not your dream for yourself; maybe it’s God’s dream for you. And if you believe it’s for you, then you pursue what’s for you by becoming a dream chaser. And I want to know: am I talking to any dream chasers this morning?

Watch this: we taught you last week that chasing God’s dream for your life is not just a matter of doing something; it’s a matter of becoming someone—becoming the kind of person that actually achieves dreams. Today, I want to unpack and explore an example of what I’m talking about in the life of this individual named Jacob. Jacob was not just a dreamer; Jacob was a dream chaser. And I want to know: am I talking to chasers? I want to find the chasers! I said, I want to find the chasers! One more time: I want to find the chasers! Jacob was a dream chaser. This scriptural story here shows us an interesting incident in the life of Jacob and his God dream. Listen to this: the text says he leaves this place called Beersheba and heads to Haran. Pause! Everybody say „pause.“ Here it is: this first statement reveals a powerful principle about dream chasers. It says he leaves Beersheba and sets out for Haran. Dream chasing may push you into seasons of separation. Did y’all hear what I just read? The text says he leaves Beersheba and sets out for Haran. See, there are people—watch this—people have to wrap their head around this: if I want to become a dream chaser, I must be willing to become the kind of person that leaves Beersheba. Beersheba can represent what is familiar, what’s comfortable, what I’m accustomed to—listen to this—who I’m accustomed to being around. But sometimes, chasing dreams may inevitably—not intentionally—but it may inevitably put me in seasons of separation from spaces and people that make me comfortable. So I’ve got to ask myself a question: do I want to be comfortable or successful? Because I can’t always be both. Somebody put „teach“ in the chat right there. I said, I’ve got to ask myself the question: do I want to be comfortable or successful? Because I can’t always have both. Success requires discomfort. If I want success in the area of fitness, it requires discomfort. If I want spiritual success, it requires discomfort. It requires praying when I don’t feel like praying, and it requires studying when I feel like I’m getting nothing out of it. It requires logging on to church when I…