Remember Why You Started

Narda Reid
May 17
3 min read

Updated: May 26

Are your dreams bigger than your visible resources?

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:19

An old year has past, and a new year has begun for you as you are gifted another birthday. Yet sometimes the past with its incompleteness, and inconsistencies… its follies and failures… its disappointments and disasters may hold our feet captive. Your hope is prisoner to what ifs, and your dreams threaten to become lost in the meandering paths of obligations and the darkness of inner doubt. But! But the sun debuts every day and rises above steep mountains, soaring higher than eagles’ wings, as its purpose frees it from earthly shackles. Move forward; remember why you started.

Haven’t you accomplished major milestones? Yet there is so much more to be. Dream big for Jesus…dream big, don’t sell yourself short because you cannot see tomorrow. Where you are currently is not God’s “period” for you. Get up from the “commas” in your experience and professional development; from a failed exam; the loss of a baby; the demotion or no promotion on the job; a failed marriage or business venture; a betrayal or even a victory. Move forward, don’t stay still, God is not finished with you and me yet.

There is a little song that my students taught me this year:

“Lean forward, lean backwards, to the left, to the right…

Stand up! Sit down… to the left, to the right…

“Lean forward, lean backwards, to the left, to the right…

Stand up! Sit down… to the left, to the right…

Love lifted me, Love lifted me,

when nothing else could help…

Love lifted me.

It is a fun reminder that life is not a stagnant pool of water. A stagnant pool of water doesn’t start stinking the same day, it takes many days of sitting in the same place for this to occur. Therefore, don’t be satisfied with today’s accomplishments. God always wants you to be on the move.

What dreams did God place on your heart? What mission did He purpose for you to fulfill? What is in your hand? Even if nothing is in your hands right now, God will take your nothing and turn it into great things! Remember why you started.

Are your dreams bigger than your visible resources? Is your money funny? Did your courage somersault because people may question your dreams, saying they are too ambitious or presumptuous? Remember why you started… where God guides, He always provides. Though all hell may break loose,... people AND things may keep trying to tie up your feet. Remember why you started. Free yourself by using this strategy: …lean forward, and backwards while depending fully upon Jesus. Let His love lift you as you “go forward!” Remember why you started….

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: