"My ambitions and dreams are unrealistic and grandiose"
How it sounds in your head: You dream too big. Your goals are embarrassing to say out loud because they sound delusional. Other people have reasonable ambitions; yours are fantasy. You need to be more realistic, more practical. You're setting yourself up for humiliation. Scale it down before you crash.
"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us."
-- Ephesians 3:20Religion and practical 'wisdom' suffocating the God-sized dreams He authored
You've shared a dream and watched someone's face show pity or concern, like you're detached from reality. Mentors have told you to 'be realistic' or 'have a backup plan,' making you feel foolish for believing God for the impossible.
Nehemiah, a cupbearer with ZERO construction experience, dreamed of rebuilding Jerusalem's wall in a hostile empire. Enemies mocked him as delusional, but he said, 'The God of heaven Himself will prosper us,' and finished the IMPOSSIBLE wall in 52 days.
I REFUSE the lie that my God-given dreams are delusional fantasy. IT IS WRITTEN that He is able to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY ABOVE all that I ask or think. Nehemiah rebuilt a wall in 52 days that enemies said was impossible. Joseph ruled Egypt from a prison. My dreams didn't originate in my ambition—they were AUTHORED by the Father who specializes in IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS WRITTEN that the BARAK blessing makes me the HEAD and not the tail, a LENDER and not a borrower. I don't scale down to human logic; I scale UP to Kingdom reality. My dreams are RIGHT-SIZED for the God I serve.
The Father isn't rolling His eyes at your 'grandiose' dreams—He's the One who PUT them there. He's whispering, 'Son, if it fits human logic, it's too SMALL. Dream BIGGER. I'm about to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above what you even asked.'