~What's Your Dream~
I have always wanted to go and visit and stay in a castle. I think many little girls dream of castles and think about being a princess and having their knight in shining armor come and rescue them. I sometimes think, "That's a silly dream to want to go to a castle." However, why is it silly? Christ has given us hope, we are to be dreaming. Not only that, I believe we are to be obedient to follow Him and work on achieving the dreams that He is birthing within us and calling or drawing us to.
I can't get this verse out of my head.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
I do not want to be sick in my heart. Therefore, I am praying that my longings are fulfilled. I don't have to feel guilty about this and I can trust that God will fulfill them in His time and for His purpose. The exact details may not be what I was longing for, but the overall dream will come true because I am seeking to delight myself in Him first.
Psalm 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Acts 2:17" 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
God awakens me to a new song every day and He puts it in my heart and mouth. How fitting today the song was Dreamer.
Dreamer - Bethany Dillon
Love woke me up this morning
With a memory Love came and whispered a story
That awakened a dream
Imagine a beautiful castle And a beautiful king
He left the comfort of his throne To fight for victory
I am a dreamer Take me higher
Open the sky up Start a fire
I believe Even if it's just a dream
Love woke me up this morning
And I ran to see The king in the winners' circle
On the horse he won for me Only a king would do anything To protect the kingdom
posted by Julie Ann @ 3:59 AM
3 Comments:
Love woke me up this morning - nice! God speaks to us in so many ways - great thoughts to start the day!
Thanks~He's so often speaking to us, but I so often don't listen! Thank God His mercies are new every morning so I can attempt to listen again~Julie
Brandi,
Thanks, I really needed this verse tonight. Sometimes I question if how I view faith and hope is wrong...or maybe in balance...I mean I believe that God's is in control and He knows the steps I will take, but I also believe that has got to be coupled with me having faith and hope in the unseen things. So, I sometimes wonder if I come across to people that I'm a Name it and Claim it type of believer and if people think I believe my faith is weak if I don't have something answered favorably through prayer, but I don't believe that. However, I do believe God requires us to have faith in Him and the unseen and hope in the purposes and longings he births within us. So therefore, sometimes I do things that may seem strange to others or tell them things I think would be good for them to do to increase their faith, that to me, are more or less symbolic actions showing God how much we trust Him, not that our faith and trust in Him is dependent on those actions, but it is more of a symbol of our faith and trust in Him. I am totally posting a comment to myself on this one, but this has really helped! I know God has really increased my faith and hope in Him through the years as I have waited and hoped in the Lord so when He did things in or through me I was even more trusting and increasing my faith in Him because my longings I had been hoping for were fulfilled through Him.
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