As My Abba was ministering to me around the barriers to vision, He began to show me how I had given up on my dreams or judged them as not practical. In every one of the dreams I began to see His heart for me, it wasn't so much whether the dream happened but what became of the seed (the dream) that was planted in my heart. So many times in our world which is overly adult, we are often shown all the reasons a dream can't happen so we relegate ourselves to a life without passion. Dreams don't have the barriers and limitations that we find so present in our world, yet this reminds me of the Kingdom of God which is vast and limitless. I began to see that since I was made in the image of God my dreams were birthed from how I was made like the Creator but soon my thinking, which was wrapped around the "Lie", took over and twisted the dream into something that would serve to meet my needs and was then self-centered. Yet I began to see all the inventions that we now count as part of everyday life (IE., the cell phone, electricity, the car) were once dreams in the heart of someone created in the image of God. Seeing God's divine fingerprint reminds me that everything that is good truly comes from God, even if we don't give Him any praise or thanks. It is an amazing truth that in Joel 2:28 the fruit of the Spirit being poured out on all mankind is prophecy, dreams, and visions. So often in our world we have another program, plan, or agenda to solve a problem. Whereas God's plan was to give Himself in the form of Christ and then to give His Body in the form of His people filled with His Spirit (sons and daughters of God). The fruit of an encounter with the Spirit being poured out is hope, faith, and love manifesting in prophecy, visions, and dreams. I am realizing that I never learned how to steward the dreams/seeds I had been given so they were quickly lost or squelched. I believe this is a mark of sonship is that the Father is teaching me how to steward the dreams He has birthed in me. I believe from Romans 8 that the earth is groaning for God's sons and daughters to be revealed with creative dreams and visions for all the problems we now face on this earth. Only the people that have God's DNA "in Christ" will bring the creative and life-giving solutions (centered in Christ's redemptive work) that can stand against this fallen and sin tarnished world. Jesus says in Matthew 18 that to enter the kingdom of heaven you must become like a little child, what a contrast to this world's insatiable thirst for more information and knowledge. I believe Jesus is highlighting the simple trust and faith of a child in contrast to the world's view of who would be great in heaven. I have included the Trailer to the movie "Secretariat" about a dream that seemed totally impossible and yet one woman believed, it was her dream that led to a Triple Crown winner. In this story it is not this woman's skill, knowledge of horses, or business background that leads to the win but a dream that was birthed by her father that she risks everything to see fulfilled. Dreams that God births in us are God-sized and can't possibly be fulfilled by us alone, thus if we believe it is all up to us we will quickly shut it down because we can't accomplish it according to the flesh. I believe we are to be conduits of God's grace and love, not focusing on improving ourselves or even taking care of our own need. We were born of the Spirit of God for more than that but too much of our time and energy is focused on ourselves rather than on all that Jesus is in and through us. I pray that you will allow the Holy Spirit to teach you how to steward the dreams (seeds) He has deposited in you and you will be released to dream again. Many of our dreams are merely a slice of Heaven, God has so much to pour out on us.
In Abba the Dreamer,
Bret
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