SHATTERED DREAMS
One time
Joseph had a special dream. Later, he told his brothers about this dream, and
after that his brothers hated him even more.
Joseph said,
“I had a dream. We were all working in the field, tying stacks of wheat
together. Then my stack got up. It stood there while all of your stacks of
wheat made a circle around mine and bowed down to it.”
His
brothers said, “Do you think this means that you will be a king and rule over
us?” His brothers hated Joseph more now because of the dreams he had about
them.
Genesis 37:5-8 ERV
The word shatter means to break or
burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. In other words we can say
to damage seriously; disable or cause destruction or ruin something. We have
many people in the Church of Jesus Christ who have shattered dreams.
They once had dreams, they dreamed to be
where God showed them they can be in life. They were very excited with what
they saw in their future and they wanted to share with everyone including the
dream killers. Not everyone was supposed to know what the Lord promised them;
but for the lack of proper understanding in that area they innocently shared
everything.
We read in the first book of the Bible, Genesis;
the fascinating story of Joseph and his brothers. When Joseph proudly announced
about his dreams before his brothers; his brothers hated him because he said he
would rule over them. In other words, Joseph would be more prosperous in the
future than all of them combined and they planned to take him out of the
picture.
Due to Joseph dreams, his brothers wanted
to kill him that his dreams may not come to pass; as they jokingly called him
master dreamer. But later they decided not to kill him but to sell him to
Ishmaelite traders who were taking gum, spices and herbs from Gilead to Egypt.
Joseph was taken to Egypt as a slave and this seems to be the end of his dreams;
but God had a plan for him and the whole nation of Israel in the land of his
afflictions. (Genesis 37)
This morning, God wants to know that the
good work which He started in you; He will continue His work until it is
finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. The dreams which He gave
you some years ago, which now seem to be shattered; He will make them come to
pass. Maybe people have tried to prevent the plan of God over your life, broke
every opportunity you ever got; but they cannot stop God.
Joseph endured hardships and slavery in
Egypt but when the time came, He was the second powerful man in the most
powerful Kingdom in the world during that time. Maybe you are in Egypt now,
somewhere in the house of Potiphar or even in the prison and you have lost hope
about tomorrow. I'm here to encourage you that the Lord will one day come and
visit you and sits you with kings and princes of your people.
****Morning Prayer****
Pray this prayer with me by faith and God
is going to answer your prayer....
Dear Heavenly Father, I forgive all people
who tried to kill my dreams. Lord I let them go and I will start dreaming again;
knowing You will fulfill what you have promised me and all my dreams will come
to pass. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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