BIRTHING YOUR DREAMS

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into the pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.  (Genesis 37: 19-20).

THERE NEVER WAS A QUESTION THAT JOSEPH HAD A DREAM.

The question was what would become of it.  There is always a dream within you.  A dream from God means that God-inspired hope planted on the inside of you as a seed in your heart, made real in your imagination by the Spirit of God.   And as with Joseph, when God plants a dream on the inside of you, the promise is often bigger than the person.

One of the greatest gifts you have in your life is the ability to see beyond your present state -- to dream.  It is all about God's great purposes and plans He has designed for you.  No one can define your dream but you.  God gives your dream to you alone.

So what will become of your dream ?  Will you decline it ?  Will you develop it ?  Joseph's dream did not develop overnight.  He didn't know that ultimately he would save his people and nation, but he figured it out.  Will you birth your dream ?  Will you go through the process?  You cannot bypass the process just for progress because you won't be developed.

The last thing the world needs is for someone to play small, what a sad indictment to be a soul saved but a life wasted because of self-imposed limitations.  Pursue the dream God has put in your life. There's no difference between your "true" self  and God's plan for you.  Your true self is made up of your deepest desires and gifts and abilities and dreams and passions.  Your true self is what God created in you.  It is who God made you to be.  Instead of accepting the limits that have  been placed on you, including the limits you have placed on yourself, pursue your passion!

Just as Joseph's brothers intended to slay Joseph and end his dream, the enemy wants to destroy your dream.  Dream killers try to immobilize your life and put you in a place of bondage.  Dreams come to pass when we step out and challenge life and take on the possibilities that lie before us.  So keep on dreaming.  You can do it with God on your side! You can birth it.  Whatever you do, don't stop!

 

Be confident that God will complete what He has started in you   (Philippians 1:6).  You don't  need to know everything, but make sure you know that the same God who gave you your dream, who transformed you and made you a new creation, this same God will bring His work to completion.

DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT LIFE'S BEEN UNFAIR TO YOU ?

" I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will  I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish".   Esther 4:16.

DO YOU EVER FEEL THAT LIFE'S BEEN UNFAIR TO YOU ?   Esther's parents had died.  They had been among the Jewish captives led away from Jerusalem by King Nebuchadnezzar and settled in Persia. She knew slavery and oppression.  As an orphan, she was raised by her older cousin, Mordecai. But she refused to become bitter even though she had been broken and depleted in life.

Esther demonstrates that a person with a past can touch God in the present and believe Him to give her a future.  Esther didn't allow the misfortunes in her life to strip away her God- given identity.  Not everyone does that.  Some people who love God remain bitter and broken.  But everyone has the opportunity to touch God and believe for restoration in their areas of depletion.

One of the qualities that made Esther extraordinary is that she had a great inner fortitude and confidence that gave her the ability to handle pressure.  When  Esther went into the king's presence, where she was up against 127 beautiful virgins who were vying to become queen, she "requested nothing."  the other girls appealed to the king with ornaments and outward beauty.  Esther went with what was inside her -- an inner strength that radiated beauty and gave her favor (Esther 2 : 15).

Although Esther was the least outwardly adorned, what made her stunningly beautiful was "the hidden man of the heart"..........even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great prize"

 (1 Peter 3;4).   Esther was as strong on the inside as she was beautiful on the outside.  And because of that, she could handle a hostile environment because she knew who God  had made her to be.  When the moment came for her to take a heroic stand to save the Jewish people, years of preparation led to a determined date with her destiny.

Don't miss your moment.  Invest in what God has put inside you . Develop the beauty of an " inner life''.  Invest in what lasts all through life and on into eternity!   God is preparing you!   He is transforming you into a person who will rise above the wounding of your past and be overflowing with God's love.   He is establishing in you the ability to withstand pressure and to have an inner radiance that comes from a relationship with Him.

Ask God to reveal to you what it is that He has for your life.  Ask Him to give you a glimpse of the future He has already prepared for you.  It's a future bathed in the glory of God, and it's a destiny worth pursuing with your whole heart.