Genesis 37: 5-9 (NIV - Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.” His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
God still speaks to us in dreams, as He did with Joseph centuries ago. God gave Joseph a vision of his life’s purpose and destiny in a dream. Although Joseph did not fully understand the dream, he knew God was speaking to him; and he embraced what he heard.
In his excitement, Joseph shared his dream with his brothers; and it caused him much trouble and heartache. They tried to kill him but sold him into slavery instead.
While in Egypt, Joseph was a slave in his master’s house; and God used these difficult times of his life to develop character in him. This process caused him to lead with integrity. God used the suffering he experienced to develop compassion not only for his brothers but also for the people he was assigned to serve.
God uses dreams. He plants dreams in the hearts of His children; and He invites us to embrace them, to believe them, and to guard them. Like Joseph, God will allow us to experience difficulties that He uses to prepare and equip us to fulfill His dreams for our lives.
I encourage you to prepare your hearts to hear, receive, and obey when God clearly speaks to you.
Ponder and meditate on this:
What dream has God given me to fulfill?
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