Hold Onto Your Dreams!

When Joseph was a young teen, God gave him a dream.  He dreamed that his ten older brothers would fall down and worship him.  Not a great way to get close to your stepbrothers.  And when his brothers had the opportunity, they threw Joseph in a dry well to let him die.  Not good.  Then one of them had the brilliant idea to sell Joseph as a slave.  It was getting worse.  Joseph could have gotten bitter, but he didn’t.  He remained faithful to Mr. Potiphar even when Potiphar’s wife accused Joseph falsely.  Potiphar had Joseph thrown into prison.  Not good.  But Joseph kept his integrity and God blessed him.  After interpreting the butler’s dream, Joseph was promised help.  But he was forgotten in prison for two more long years.  For thirteen or more years, Joseph’s life spiraled down and down, but Joseph didn’t forget his dream.  When God presented the opportunity, Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams and was made second in command of all of Egypt answering to Pharaoh himself.  Can you imagine Joseph’s brothers’ shock when they saw him seven years later?  He was now in a position to get even with them.  But he didn’t.  That’s because Joseph still had his dream.  God had taken Joseph on a crooked path to get him where he needed to be.  In those terrible events of Joseph’s life, God was at work.  Joseph didn’t blame his brothers because God was using the brothers to do God’s will.  “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” Genesis 50:20  Hey, what about your life?  Are you frustrated in all of your difficulties?  But do you realize that God knows exactly where you are?  Hey, God is actually using those difficulties to make you into what He wants you to be.  Relax!  Trust in God.  Let Him be in charge of your life.  Remember your dreams.  And let those dreams be the dear Lord’s dreams.  He loves you more than you can ever imagine.