God never lives in the past, and He wants to bring you into the future He has in mind. He wants to put His desires into your heart. He wants to give you His dreams for your life. Even if you feel that your heart has been deadened by adversity to the point that it can no longer receive a thing, be assured that your Father can fix that, too. He can increase the capacity of your heart. God is ready to resuscitate your dead heart and plant seeds of hope in it.
There are several examples in the Bible where God placed a specific dream in someone’s heart that manifested great and amazing things. One example that comes to mind is the story of Joseph.
In short, the story of the dreamer Joseph has been retold many times (you can review it by reading Genesis 37–43). The direction for Joseph’s entire life was determined by God-inspired dreams. He went “from pit to pinnacle,” daring to trust that God was in charge of every dream-determined decision. After fifteen long and eventful years had passed, Joseph didn’t let his dream die. His dream had taken hold of him. Jospeh learned through everything that had happened, God was going to use him to continue the legacy of his family line until all his dreams was fulfilled. Joseph said these famous words to his brothers: “As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day” (Genesis 50:20).
We are no different than Joseph. If God placed a dream in your heart, He did so for a reason! I challenge you today; dare to trust God both to give you a dream and to fulfill it. The Bible is clear that “the One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it” (1 Thessalonians 5:24, NIV). If you feel like your on an island never forget God is with you and He will never abandoned you in difficult circumstances. So, decide to drop your crutches and follow after Him. God’s plans for you may well seem impossible, but you will strategically move forward on His strength and wisdom, not your own. Place yourself in his strong hands and repent of trying to take care of your world without him. You can recover your footing with three key words from Psalm 37: Trust. Dwell. Commit.
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