PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Genesis 37-39
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him.” (Genesis 37:5)
Martin Luther King had a dream, and he was killed for it.
Jesus had a dream (the kingdom of God), and He was killed for it.
As the story unfolds, we will see that Joseph’s dream comes true.
He does become ruler over his family, and their lives are saved through him.
But these stories show us that God’s dreamers don’t necessarily live the dream life.
I am a dreamer by nature, I am always envisioning possibilities.
But not everyone sees these possibilities, people often get stuck on what is.
Jesus’s dream of the kingdom is more than a dream, it is the future!
He endured the nightmare to make God’s dream come true; one day we will see it!
A day of justice, equality, goodness and peace for everyone who desires it!
In the meantime, our job is to live this way, until the dream comes true.
We love, serve, care, share, give and forgive… like Jesus, whatever the cost.
We will face doubt, resistance, obstacles, hardship, sacrifice and pain.
But like Joseph, like Jesus, we will see that dream come true, and it will be worth it!
PRAYER
Lord, You didn’t just preach the kingdom, You saw it, felt it, lived it, dreamed it. Thank You for not giving up on the dream, even when others did not see or support it. Help me not to lose the dream either.
We benefit from seeing the big picture – and with all the sordid activities of Israel’s family – how despite it all God works out his grace. But yet even the ‘hero’ that God is developing – has to suffer being thrown in a cistern, chained and sold as a slave and then by keeping himself from that which he knew was wrong was thrown into jail. Even Tamar in her tactics makes a claim into the salvation story. So then I think about myself – how the twists and turns of my story – how God remains faithful – despite my deviations. I thank God for the vision of ‘walking with Jesus’ – in the garden -even now in the ‘mess’ of sin.
Thank You Lord for dreamers – visionaries of the kingdom. I am not that but more of a doer, a worker, living and working in His kingdom, led by the Spirit. I am a servant, an instrument of His peace equipped for service. Continue to lead me and guide me each day anew doing Your will.
Verse 1:
I AM WEAK AND I NEED THY STRENGTH AND POWER
TO HELP ME O-VER MY WEAKEST HOUR
LEAD ME THROUGH THE DARKNESS THY FACE TO SEE
LEAD ME OH LORD LEAD ME
CHORUS
LEAD ME, GUIDE ME, ALONG THE WAY
FOR IF YOU LEAD ME I CANNOT NOT STRAY
LORD LET ME WALK, EACH DAY WITH THEE
LEAD ME OH LORD LEAD ME
Chorus
Lead me, guide me along the way,
For if you lead me I cannot stray.
Lord let me walk each day with Thee.
Lead me, oh Lord lead me.
VERSE 2:
Help me tread in the paths of righteousness.
Be my aid when Satan and sin oppress.
I am putting all my trust in Thee:
Lead me, oh Lord lead me.