"Joseph had a dream... He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had. We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it." (Genesis 37:5-7)
Walt Disney died before Disney World was opened. On the day of its opening, one of the guests, turned to Walt's wife and said, " I wish Walt was here to see this." Walt's wife turned to the man and said "Walt saw it"
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a Dream" speech at the height of segregation and discrimination in America. Decades later, what he saw is progressively coming to pass.
The story is told of James Irwin, one of the few humans to have walked on the moon. One night 32 years before the moon landing, as a little boy, his mom had sent him to his room to go to bed at night. He obeyed. An hour or so later, his mom came up to check on him, and to her surprise, she saw little James staring quietly out of his window at the full moon of that night. "What are you doing, Jimmy?" his mom asked. "I'm looking at the moon, Mommy." his mom instructed him to go to bed. As he settled down reluctantly to sleep, he said, "Mommy, you know one day I'm going to walk on the moon."
What was it that was similar in the story of these 3 extraordinary individuals? They all saw into the future. Some pictures dropped into their minds about a desired future long before they would ever come to realization. They all were dreamers.
In our text today, we see a similar thing happening to Joseph. Unexpectedly as a little boy, God dropped into his mind a magnificent dream of rulership and authority. It took years before it came to pass but it all started as a dream.
The implantation of a dream or vision in a person's heart is God's way of giving the individual a glimpse into the future plans He has for their lives. Through a dream, God plants in a person's heart the possibilities of the future. This dream then acts as a powerful force to motivate the person to go through what it takes to see its realization. Dreams are powerful. The ability to dream is the distinguishing factor between excellence and mediocrity. Dreamers rule the world because they see what others cannot see. They are prophetic in their inner sights.
Dreamers live for the future, not the present. They invest now so that their dreams could be realized in the future. Through them the world moves on. Those who see into the future rule it.
How about you? Do you have a dream from God or are you just living with no clear picture of the destination you are headed? Everyone has a place in God's plans so everyone can be dreamers. He gave us the power of the imagination for this reason. To dream of things that are not, in order that they may be. Make up your mind to use that power. Ask God to I impregnate you with His dreams for your life. Be a dreamer.
Decision of the Day
I understand the power of dreams. It is God's way of revealing His future plans for my life. I choose to be a dreamer. I choose to be one of those who move the plans of God forward through vision. Lord impregnate my mind with your dreams for my life as I lay down mine.
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