Don't Fight God's Dream, Learning from Dr. King
Yesterday after church my girls, Dan and I sat around the table eating chili and talking with my oldest daughter about her future. She was telling us about some dreams she’d had, and we were trying to instruct her as best any parents could. Without thinking much about what I was saying I responded to her, “Let me give you a piece of advice that I wish someone would have told me regarding the destiny on your life. Don’t fight it. The earlier you accept what God is doing, hook into it, the more He can do through you and the less you’ll be miserable in the process.” I remember that while I probably fought the call of God on my life less than most, I had some moments that I really wasted time fighting. People may want to argue this point with me. Didn’t God give us free will? What are we just pawns on his big game board? My answer to that is both yes and no. God did give us free will but he created u...