“Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.” Genesis 37:5
God gave Joseph a good dream. Not just any dream, it was a good dream! A really, good dream. No, I would say even better that, God gave Joseph a majestic dream.
As you read the Genesis passage, Joseph’s dream was simple. I am standing, others are bowing. Good dream! Come on now—anyone married with kids running around the house understands that one. Say it, “I am standing, others bowing," good dream!
Think about it, if we are going to get a dream from God, we don’t want to be the person bowing… God is never in THOSE dreams. No way! If we are going to get a dream from God we want to be the person standing—right? That’s how we know it is a dream from God. I am standing and they are bowing. Good Dream. It’s a God deal, or at least that is the way people have a tendency to think.
However, that is not exactly how God thinks.
God gave Joseph a good dream. A dream that a person his age and in his position may not—or perhaps could not have understood was about a redemptive plan, other people, and the purposes of God. A plan where he (Joseph) would be the vehicle to show a whole nation (Israel) that He (God) loved them.
Still, God gave Joseph… at his age… at the right time… a good dream.
He still does it you know. He still gives us those good dreams.
God still gives those good dreams to those He loves and holds close to His chest. Dreams we may not initially understand as part of His redemptive potential for lives, other people, and His purposes. God still give good dreams that may have very little to do with prestige, position or power. However, He still does it. God still gives those good dreams with incredible potential to people just like you and me. Our job—is to fulfill His dreams with our future.
“I have a dream!”
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Rich Donnell
