Often in life we believe that it’s those times in life when everything is going well that God is with us-that might look like a great hair day, a yummy meal with friends, or even a courtesy cup of coffee at church-but is that really the case? I mean in the bible it talks about a time when Jesus was with His disciples, and a strong storm arose. A storm so powerful that they feared for their lives, and what was Jesus doing in the midst of this storm you may ask? Since I like you I’ll let you know…He was sleeping. Yup in the middle of gale force winds, He was so sure of His father’s love and control that He could have peace in the middle of the storm. I try to remind myself of this when the storms in my life seem to come out of no where…”chill your Father’s got this, you will get through to the other side.”
Image via : indescribable love.com One of my favorite characters in the Bible is Joseph. He was known as a dreamer, and the dreams he had were God sized dreams. Dreams which were bigger than his current circumstances, dreams which would follow him for years without bearing fruit, but like all God given dreams in the end, at their proper, appointed time they would have to come to pass. Do you have any God given dreams? Maybe ones that are so huge that when you share them with others they laugh ? Or maybe like the case of Joseph's brothers they become envious to the point of plotting your down fall? You see , what Joseph's brothers did not understand- and what Joseph himself did not recognize-was that this dream did not speak about God lifting Joseph up just to be honored , and glorified above his brothers. No, God was going to use Joseph on the platform he would be given to save a nation. The thing about God given dreams is th...
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