When we begin our spiritual journey, we are usually filled with a desire to do great things for God. We have a dream in our heart. However, the journey can get long. And potholes, roadblocks and detours can distract us from our original God given dream journey.
Proverbs 29:18 (KJV), tells us that "where there is no vision, the people perish." In other words, when dreams die, we die. In Scripture, Joseph is called The Dreamer. And after receiving his God given dream, his brothers hated him and couldn't even speak a "kind word to him" (Gen. 37:4).
His brothers threw him into a pit and sold him into slavery. Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him and lied about him. He is arrested, thrown into prison, and finally brought before Pharaoh to interpret a dream. According to Scripture, he was 17 yrs old when he received his dream (Gen. 37:1). And he is made prime minister over all of Egypt when he is 30 yrs old (Gen. 41:46). And finally after seven years of prosperity and seven years of famine, Joseph's dream is fulfilled.
Joseph carried his dream for 27 years.
Here is the dream dilemma: Do you give up or go on? Do you stop believing when things don't seemingly work out or don't appear to be headed in the right direction toward fulfillment, or do you continue to "press on toward the mark of the high calling?"
Don't stop believing in your dream no matter how long it's been. The God who gave it to you is the same God who will bring it about. What dream have you stopped believing for? What have you lost hope about in your life? It may take a long time for it to be realized, but it will come to pass if you stay faithful.
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