When dreams don't come true; and when they do.
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living. [Psalms 27:13]
That I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living. [Psalms 27:13]
What a powerful verse. I have (to be honest, only occasionally) wondered about the various poeple in the Bible. Especially those in the old testament era. Have wondered how people made do without electricity a lot of times, and invariably, everytime I find a mosquito on me. Once, I even ventured as far as putting myself in their shoes - all the way from Adam & Eve, except I coudln't bring myself to take Joseph's shoes. And yes, I do have something in common, as the Lord was kind enough to remind me through Bishop T. D. Jakes' message that was aired on the 5th of Jan 2006. He simply said "Keep your gifts hidden while they grow" while talking about Jesus' family fleeing to Egypt. Joseph had to go through hate, negligence, a near death experience, and eventually went all the way - found himself being sold to poeple who looked pretty much like terrorists by his loves ones - all because he didn't know to keep his mouth shut about what was, in all likelihood, a divine revelation of blessings to come.
Stopped me cold. I mean, there are a lot of incidents in the Bible that can be surprisingly similar to what you or a loved one has been going through, but God can still stun you the way He opens your eyes just when you need it. He did that with Abraham; with Hagar; and He'd do that with you too.
It still seems unfathomable. I've read Joseph's story all my life, but have never thought of this. You could read the same passage a hundred times, and God can still show you something new everytime. Try imagining all the thinking God put into placing a Bible in your hands and mine. He does mean it when He says " Lean not on your own understanding", doesn't He?
Yet in all those, you can hear yourself think - wasn't that the road God chose for Joseph? You wonder - doesn't the road to greatness lead through a dark valley? Maybe. The Bible does say " All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be". [Psalms 139:16] But one shoudln't forget that God honours our choices, whether right or wrong. And sometimes, we do end up suffering because of someone else's choices, and likewise, others suffer because of the choices we make that inadvertently affect them. Remember Joshua and Caleb had to wait 40 more years to inherit Canaan just because the others weren't ready to go?
But then, you see the Lord's goodness. Joseph met with more troubles than he deserved, probably. It just couldn't be his fault he looked attractive, or the fact that he was plain clever and efficient, or that God was with him, but he did have to face several dark tunnels before he faced daylight. Only God knows how many times he'd seen light at the end of his tunnel and rejoiced, and eventually found it was only a train... He'd tried to get himself out also. Remember the time he told the chief butler to remember him and tell someone? Anyone. But rejoice when things dont happen the way you expect them to. That is usually irrefutable evidence that God's got something higher up His sleeve. Mary and Martha would have given anything to have Jesus come to their house when Lazarus was just sick. They were shattered when He came 4 days late, and never realized why until Jesus awakened Lazarus from the dead . The longer you wait, the greater the miracle. When the pain increases, it is irrefutable evidence that a child is about to be born.
Look at Joseph when God was through with him. Ruler of Egypt. Pharoah was only namesake. Here was the power. In the hands of someone who was sold into slavery by poeple he loved, just becase he'd dreamed of something that went beyond accepted norms - his family bowing before him. And let me remind you, for no reason at all ; God made it happen. And how.
Written: Jan 11, 2006
posted by Finney @ 1:20 PM
5 Comments:
Is it all about God-given dreams or God-approved dreams? Is it okay to have a dream of my own and wait for it to come true even when all the people around say that "it's just absurd to even dream like that"? May be, it's absurd before the accepted norms..but still a dream is a dream, right?
@Anonymous: I don't know actually. The way I look at it, if it wasn't a daydream or you didn't try to manipulate the dream yourself (I have no idea how to do that, but still...) I usually take it to be from Him.
But what I do know is, trusting God for something the world would laugh off would mean a rather long wait - it'll proly take ages to come true, but it will. Accepted norms are alright, but then, you have a Man upstairs who is larger than everything He created!
Just love those three words..."but it will". Beautiful! thanx. That dream may not be from Him. But it surely includes Him. So it will come true...and i'll happily share it with you one day.
@Anonymous: You never know! Mom always told me about how God is not cruel, and how we usually end up depicting God as a kill-joy when we have not (yet) received what we would want or expect...
Here's to a dream that will come true some day, sooner rather than later.
And I rele would like to get to know you better. Could you send me an email? The id is john.fins@gmail.com
And thenhed proven her correct, several times. How about I shoutyou a holiday where you can get away for a while, come to terms withthe changes and all that.
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And thenhed proven her correct, several times. How about I shoutyou a holiday where you can get away for a while, come to terms withthe changes and all that.
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