Dream

Greetings!!!

What were your dreams as a child or when you were a teenager? Were you going to be rich and famous? Were you going to go out and conquer the world? Perhaps you wanted to be President of the United States, and international representative, a doctor that discovered the cure for cancer, a great lawyer, or a world traveler. But whatever your dreams were, are you living them today?

Dreaming is not a new thing. Two of Jesus' disciples really knew how to dream. The scene is recounted in Mark 10:35-45. And James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, came up to Him, saying to Him, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You." And He said to them, " What do you want Me to do for you?" And they said to Him, "Grant that we may sit in Your glory, one on Your right, and one on Your left." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking for. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" And they said to Him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." And hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant toward James and John. and calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. But it is not so among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant;  and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all.  For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." 

Did any of your dreams ever include being a servant? A servant--it sounds so mediocre, so demeaning. It sounds so backward for God to say that if you are a servant you will be great. Isaiah 55:8-9 gives us some insight into the way God thinks. "For My thoughts are not your thought, Neither are your ways My ways," declares the LORD, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."

Does your life seem regular, not quite what you dreamed so many years ago? Is it routine? Does your work make you feel more like a servant, somebody's slave, rather than someone important or famous? Consider this: maybe, from God's perspective, what you are doing is more important and much greater than what you dreamed!! Consider the possibility that perhaps the angels stand in awe as they watch God delight in your quiet, unnoticed, seemingly unrewarded service.

The LORD bless you with dreams--wonderful, glorious dreams.

I love you,

Ruth