By: Andrew Morgan

Lie #1: If you are pursuing a dream, it must also be your job.

I am pursuing a dream, leading an organization and building a movement called Broken Voices. It also happens to be my "job" right now, and that is a rare and humbling bonus. If Broken Voices went away tomorrow, I would still wake up every morning excited to use my resources and abilities to inspire those around me regardless of where I was working because that is the way I was created. Too often, we link job and calling together into one big confusing mess.

I hear people all the time, “I would pursue that, but I have a job and bills to pay", or even more heartbreaking, "Not all of us can pursue dreams, some of us have to work.”

The exceptional stories of people leaving their jobs to pursue a dream are just that, the exception. We severely limit God's call on our lives by always attaching it to a career. Even the Apostle Paul was a tent maker. Luke was a physician. It could be that God is calling you out of your job, but it could also be that your calling lies very close to your current abilities and influences. I know many people who are running hard after incredible dreams God has given them, but for this season those dreams and their job do not line up. Instead of stopping the dream, they are becoming creative with the time and talent they have been given.

Don't hide behind your job as an excuse for apathy. Don't believe the lie that you can't pursue your dream until it can be your full time job. Leverage your abilities and dream big within whatever role you find yourself.