It all starts with a dream. The film Kung Fu Panda starts out with a young panda working a thankless job in his dad’s restaurant. But secretly, he wishes he was part of the elite fighting force assigned the task of protecting the city. When he goes home at night, to his daydreaming, it’s obvious the dream is still alive. He imagines himself an unstoppable force of kung fu mastery. But too often reality splashes him/us in the face and come to find out, there’s not a whole lot of confidence that what is a dream is actually possible.
But God is the originator of the whole “dream” thing. Remember Joel 2:28 -
And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
He’s into us being filled with his Spirit and dreaming big dreams.
Couple thoughts about a dream…
- If it’s from God, it won’t be easily forgotten even as time goes by.
- If it’s from God, it won’t be distinguished even in the face of difficulty.
- If it’s from God, it will require more people, take longer, and be more costly than you could possibly imagine, but in the end, will ultimately, be enormously more rewarding.
Have you ever had a dream? Are you living it right now or have circumstances all but crushed your hopes of that dream becoming a reality? I’d love to hear what kinds of things you dream of God doing in your life.
