"I shouldn't bother with school or dreams because Jesus is coming back before I grow up."
How it sounds in your head: I've heard people say Jesus is coming back any day now, so why should I study hard or plan for college or think about what I want to be? It seems like a waste of time if the rapture happens before I'm even done with middle school.
"Prepare your outside work, make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house."
-- Proverbs 24:27Source: religion - Misapplied imminence that creates passivity instead of the 'occupy till I come' command of Luke 19:13.
Adults have emphasized Christ's return so strongly that she feels irresponsible for planning ahead. Her natural desire to learn and build feels contradictory to 'being ready.'
During a FAMINE when everyone else fled or hoarded, Isaac PLANTED crops in faith. That same year he reaped a HUNDREDFOLD because the BARAK was on him—INSTANT breakthrough in the worst circumstances through obedience.
I REFUSE the lie that planning and dreaming are pointless. IT IS WRITTEN that I am to OCCUPY until He comes, which means BUILD, LEARN, CREATE, and ADVANCE. I am Abraham's seed, and the BARAK blessing makes everything I touch PROSPER—the same blessing that caused Isaac to reap a hundredfold during famine. IT IS WRITTEN in Proverbs that wisdom is the principal thing, and I'm called to GET wisdom. I declare my education is not wasted—it's WARFARE. My dreams are not selfish—they're PROPHETIC. Whether Jesus returns tomorrow or I live to be 100, I will give Him my BEST, not my leftovers. I am not a passive waiter—I am an ACTIVE BUILDER.
Your Father didn't put dreams in your heart just to mock you with an early exit—He put them there because they're PART of His plan. He runs toward you with blueprints in His hands, excited to see what you'll build with Him, timing be damned.