All tagged vision
This morning I am thinking about procrastination and the lack of motion after God has called us to action in dreams and visions. Pastor Oswald Chambers wrote about dreaming and divided them into two different types... healthy dreams that bring inspiration and creativity, and unhealthy dreams that replace activity and accomplishment with inaction. Jesus spoke on a healthy dream as he prepared to take action on His calling:
This morning I ask you to join me in contemplating those times when God has spoken to you. It may have been in a feeling you couldn't shake, a dream, in a voice only you could hear, by signs, or maybe in a vision. Is there a time when you realized that you were engaged in conversation with the Lord, in a "God Moment?" This happened throughout the Bible, and it continues to happen today. What is interesting is how God's voice is accepted and used. Let's look at one such instance in particular; How God spoke to Samuel.
Do we treat prayer like an incredibly fine wine that we only bring out on special occasions, and offer it sparingly when we do? Are we only meant to pray for those who are deathly sick, or facing some terrible hardship? Do we find ourselves withholding prayer for our leaders until we approve of them, or for times when our country or church is in dire straits? Perhaps we only pray for something when we feel it affects us personally, or that a certain outcome is somehow to our advantage. In truth we are to offer it like our love… for all people, without ceasing, and also in every circumstance.