To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints; Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.A number of years ago, a popular advertisement showed a boy gazing into the future. In the background a planet was whirling and a rocket was bursting into outer space. The heading for the ad said, "You're as big as you think!"
—Rom. 1:7 KJV
The caption then went on to read: "Only a boy, but his thoughts are far in the future. Thinking, dreaming, his mind sees more than his eyes do. So with all boys...vision, looking beyond the common place, finds new things to do. And growth, as it always must, follows where mind marks the way."
What do you dream about? What has God enabled you to see that does not yet exist?
God created you with an imagination. He gave you the ability to dream, to have faith for things which do not yet exist, and to attain high goals.
In fact, it is part of your being made in God's image, for God has an imagination of His own. He has daydreams. Some of what He has dreamed turned out to be you.
If God were rewriting this old ad, He would likely picture you with the heading, "You're only as big as your imagination!"
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