Dreaming Big Dreams

  We all have big dreams for our lives and things we wish to see accomplished. Often, however, our visions and dreams seem to be crushed under life events we have no control over. We are not where we want to be, and we are not doing what we wish we were doing. What in the world do we do in these situations? Simply keep trusting God to work all things together for good.

Romans 8:28 – “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

  Joseph was a boy who was a dreamer and God gave him great visions on how his life was going to turn out when he became a man. He was going to be a ruler that everybody looked up to. However, his path to leadership was a rough road. He went through many years of difficulty before the dreams of his life became a reality.

  Joseph was sold into slavery by his brethren after they decided they best not kill him. Then Joseph was cast into prison because of the lies somebody else told about him. Then after helping some men interpret a dream he was forgotten and forsaken for up to two years. It was finally after all of this that his dreams of leadership were realized as he was taken from prison and brought into the presence of Pharaoh to interpret a dream.

  Joseph’s life teaches us that the providence of God is always working. We are never out of His care and protection. It may seem that life has ended and our dreams are a hopeless reality, but God is still working.

  As God’s children we must see that our dreams are not going to always be fulfilled on our own time schedules, nor will they always be fulfilled in the way we envisioned because God’s vision is so much better.

  Often the path to fulfilled dreams is through trials we endure. I believe that is more of the reason we do not see our dreams fulfilled. It is not because God is unwilling to bring them to pass, but it is because we are unwilling to go through the trial to obtain it.

  When life is hard knuckle down and ask God to get you through the trial. The place of blessing is just on the other side.