What To Do When Your Dreams Don't Come True.
A guest post by Wade Joye
The room was a buzz.
It was conference time again.
I was reviewing all the last-minute details before the service began when, out of nowhere, Steven Furtick, the guest speaker, walked in with his team from Elevation Church.
I can still feel the moment.
I was excited to meet them all and was really looking forward to what God had in store for the coming days.
Then Wade Joye introduced himself, Elevation’s Worship and Creative Pastor at the time, and I knew I had just made a friend for life.
It was an unexpected surprise!
You know when you meet people you just like instantly - and who you just get? Wade is one of those people.
During lunch that day, I learned he was on a quest to love the Lord, His church, his family, and everyone who came across his path.
He is a true creative, one who understands all the moving parts. Yet, he sees the people amongst it all. He understands the demands and dreams, yet he’s passionate about putting Jesus first. He’s warm and generous with his time.
Over the last few years, we’ve found him to be a pioneer and risk-taker. Someone dissatisfied with the status quo and willing to get out of the boat and attempt to walk on water if that is where the Lord is leading.
And that’s why we asked him to contribute to the Academy. Because he is our kind of person, and we knew he would encourage you.
So, meet Wade… we know you will find his writing below encouraging and empowering.
Your dream loves to lie to you.
No matter how pure and good the dream may seem, it will lie to you again and again without you even realizing it, and it will repeat the lie until you believe it.
And that lie is this: Your dream defines you.
In our culture, not just outside the church but even within it, we have let this lie creep into our worldview and theology, and it is leading us further into worry, discouragement, and depression and away from Jesus and the lives he intends for us.