I Just Want a Hummer

Recently, I heard a story about a tutor who asked his student what his aspiration was. The student replied, "I just want a hummer." The tutor was shocked to hear that the boy's ambition in life was simply to have a hummer - a mere object. The shock came because the teacher thought of the hummer as unworthy of the boy's aspirations. The tutor then tried to asked again, "Is that it? Don't you want to get married, serve the poor, make money, do something with your life?" To this, the boy simply replied, "No, I just want a hummer." To this, the tutor replies, "This kid does not know how to dream."

The story is sad indeed, but it is not as sad as the countless number of Christians who are just like this young boy - whose hummer is a good job or a trophy wife or easy living or retirement in Flordia. They are chasing after their dreams which they think are high and mighty and righteous and glorious, but in the end, their dreams are nothing more than a glorified hummer. I would not be surprised if the Father is looking down upon us dreaming our dreams and with a sigh saying, "They do not know how to dream."

If we want to dream a truly worthy dream, we must look to Scripture. It is when our dreams align with the complete, glorious plan of God in redemptive history from start to finish that we are truly dreaming a worthy dream. This is not just a dream though; it is reality. It will happen whether we dreamof it or not. I pray we'll learn how to dream dreams of the completion of the great commission, the kingdom to come, and the glorious return of Jesus, Lord of Lords. We ought to elevate our thoughts to heaven and learn how to make the "dreams" of Scripture our one holy ambition. Any other dream will find us no better than the student who dreams of nothing more than a hummer.