“Pueblos” is Spanish for “towns.” 10000 is the number God keeps putting on my heart. It is good to have a goal.
The humanist Henry David Thoreau said, ” If you built castles in the sky ; your work need not be lost ; that is where they should be. Now, put the foundations under them. “
How much more should the Church dream big dreams? For Paul wrote in Ephesians 3:20-21, “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
It seems that Paul believed in big dreams in these ways:
- He believed God wants to reach the world, then began living that way.
- He believed that Jesus is the foundation of those dreams.
- He believed that His power works within us.
- He led others to pray big things for God’s glory.
So unlike Thoreau, we have One who is already our foundation and our cornerstone, now we can walk into the plan that God already has for the Church: “to make disciples of all nations.” Suddenly, I don’t feel that alone anymore. Jesus said, “HE is with us until the end of this age.”
God wants His grace to be poured out on people’s lives like the rain pours out on dry and parched land… which causes the land to produce good fruit. Imagine 10,000 towns becoming fruitful for God in this generation. I can think of no other way to invest my life that is better than for a big dream, which is eternal. I see my life standing before His throne singing eternal praises to my King, and all around me, people “from every tribe and nation.”
10,000 towns reached for Christ during this generation + 100 people per town changed by His grace= 1,000,000 grace-transformed disciples made during our life time.
How about you? Are you with Him?
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