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by Bob and Debby Gass
Ask God to Give You a Dream
October 29, 2011
‘...Your old men shall dream dreams...’ Joel 2:28 NKJV
The Bible says, ‘Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.’ When God gives you a dream, He gives you the resources and relationships needed to fulfil it. Not everybody will believe in your dream. Paul writes, ‘What if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar…’ (Romans 3:3-4 NKJV) If your dream is from God, disregard the naysayers and give yourself fully to it. Just be sure your dream is from God. It can’t be born out of somebody else’s wishes. Sometimes your dream is actually somebody else’s desire for you. Parents do this. They want to relive some part of their life through you, so they push you to do something they themselves always wanted to do. That sets you up for a lifetime of trying to please your father and mother, to get their approval even though you’re now an adult. Then one day you wake up and realise you’re trying to live somebody else’s dream. It may actually have been God’s plan for your mother or father, but now you’re stuck with it. Get unstuck! Ask God for your own dream! Your dream can’t be born out of wrong motives such as pride, jealousy, anger, rejection or competitiveness. Are you trying to prove something to somebody? Are you trying to win their admiration and respect? Are you trying to make up for being rejected? Acknowledge your motives, ask God to heal your heart, then ask Him for a dream that He will back up!
SoulFood: 1 John 1:1-3:10, John 7:14-24, Ps 104:19-26, Pr 24:28
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2011
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