A few weeks ago, my pastor asked those in the sanctuary at the church, "What would you do if you had a million dollars? If you knew you couldn't fail, what would you do?"
Now, those are 2 VERY separate questions that need to addressed, I think, with possibly 2 entirely different answers. So, I thought I'd address them separately here, and not address them as one.
My pastor's point, I think, was to get people to dreaming and thinking again about what God COULD do through them, if they would step out of their little "box" and let go of their fears of failure. So, this is what I came up with, and I knew the answers to both right off - as soon as he asked them.
What would I do if I had a million dollars? I would quit my job teaching in the public school at the end of this teaching term. Then, I would go do children's ministry in the afternoons and homeschool my own kids in the mornings. I would then work to see where we could help support orphanages in other countries and work to fund housing for kids working in the red light districts of India, China, Japan, and more.
I would also fix up my house for low cost rent to a needy family, and I would buy a BIGGER house to house all the kids I want to foster and/or adopt.
But why just a million? A million is just the bottom of what I want to have to use for God's glory. It barely scrapes the "bottom of the barrel" of what I need to do all this. My dreams are bigger than only what a million dollars can do.
I want horses on a farm and a fresh garden for troubled teens to work in - to learn the BASICS of life. I want to get more schooling, so I can be better equipped to help these kids. I want to go back to school and learn more about midwifery, so I can teach other women in other countries about things and help other women here in the US have less invasive labor and deliveries.
No, a million dollars will not cover all I want to do for my Lord. There's much work to be done and a BIG harvest to work. A million dollars just won't cover it!
Now to answer the other question presented. What would I do if I knew I couldn't fail?
I would do all the above and more
- Lead D. back to Christ and have a GREAT marriage, working to do God's will
- Lead my unsaved family members to Christ.
- Lead my friends to Christ.
- Well, why stop there. If I couldn't fail - I'd lead the WHOLE world to Christ.
But, I don't have the "without failure" option button. Because failure IS possible, and sometimes it is even probable. I just know what with God ALL things are possible to them that believe and are called according to HIS purposes. I just have to make sure I'm doing what HE has for me to do today and let HIM handle all my tomorrows.
I am a dreamer, and my dreams are big. I pray that I live out HIS vision and plan for me though, and not live out just what I want.
One day at a time!
I'll keep dreaming though. And, I'll listen as my God speaks to me, and hopefully when it's all said and done, I will hear him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant, Tamera. You ran this race well, were faithful to me, and obeyed me. Well done."
The question is for you now - What would YOU do with a million dollars?
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