Title: Dreamers (Genesis 37:5-11)
The word “dream” appears seven times in the text. Joseph's nickname was also a dreamer. This dream is not a dreamer's dream. This dream is not a megalomaniac. This dream is a vision, an irresistible dream, and a calling. Joseph held onto this dream. No matter how large the gap between reality and vision, reality and goal, we did not get frustrated.
Once you've plowed and set off towards your goal, don't look back.
Don't hesitate either. I bless you in the name of the Lord that you run toward Jesus Christ until you finish your run.
1. The people of God are those who have dreams.
Emerson said, Hang your dreams on the stars in the sky.
When God blesses people, he first breathes dreams and visions into their hearts. The management principle of the world tells you to set your goals a little bigger than your ability.
However, God's people set goals by looking at the heavenly vision and the dreams God gives them. This dream came to Abraham. He was 75 years old. But age didn't matter. He set off for a new unknown world, Canaan.
This gum also came to Joseph. Joseph moved forward with the faith that he was in the presence of God toward this dream. Even when I died, I presented a vision to my descendants to 'carry my skull and stand in the front and go to Canaan.
There were 11 brothers who were the same, but God gave Joseph a dream.
In 1 Chronicles 4:7 and below, there were the same Hungjes, but he gave 'Jabez' a dream.
He gave a dream to David, one of Jesse's eight sons.
[It is God who works in you, so that you may set your desires (=dreams, visions) and do it for the sake of His good pleasure.] do. I pray that God will give your church a dream and a vision among many churches. I bless you in the name of the Lord that you give dreams, visions, and fantasies to the businesses you run among countless businesses.
Psalm 81:10 Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. You do not open your mouth, but you cannot fill it. A word about prayer is prayer, but it is also a word about vision. Is there anyone among you who asks you to fill your mouth with your mouth shut? I bless you in the name of the Lord that history will be filled with you.
2. The church is a place where dreams are planted.
3. A person with a dream moves forward towards a goal.
Joseph's dream was to become prime minister. Reality was in a well, reality was a prison, but he never forgot his dream.
4. A person with a dream is not afraid of sacrifice and failure.
Joseph could not give up his dream even when his body died. Today, people who believe in Jesus come out with a free trial and come to the church only to receive blessings without sacrifice or devotion, aiming for some kind of reward. It comes from the gin of the natural world.
How to reap the truth of the natural world as you sow, and how to reap the spiritual truth 30 times, 60 times, or 100 times. Joseph lived a life of thorough self-sacrifice.
Potiphar's sacrifice, perseverance, and a life of thorough stewardship in Potiphar's house finally resulted in him being used as a great man of God. Faith is said to be the substance of things hoped for. What you want is your vision. It's not an illusion, it's a reality. He promises to do whatever you want.
When God gives us dreams, our hearts tremble and become excited. We pray in the name of the Lord that we never disobey, disobey, or postpone the vision God has given us, and that we move forward with God's good goal and vision every day.