Was this
dream that Mary and Joseph experienced really from God? Were they to actually
bring the Messiah into the world? Would they survive the incredible pressure
and stress from the appearance of sin in their own life?
Hell is
always out to kill the dream in its infancy. Herod would appear to be in love
with this new coming King. He was truly up to no good and would seek to kill
the Child.
A team of
scientists tested a group of rats in a slippery tank of water. They would see
how long they could swim before they drowned. The average rat swam 17 minutes
before losing hope and drowning. The test was repeated. This time they would RESCUE
them just before they drowned. They would return them to their cages, feed them
and let them play. The test was repeated; this time they lasted not 17 minutes
but 36 hours! What was the difference? They had hope.
Satan
works overtime to destroy hope in your drowning dilemma. When it seems like all
hope is gone, your humanity questions whether God will come through. It's
awesome to get a dream from God, but it's another thing to keep it alive.
Without a divine perspective, you will miss the dream.
It's easy
to lose hope in the tough seasons of life. In the first stages of your dream,
hell works to destroy that young marriage, the infant ministry, the new job,
the new baby and the dream He has placed in your heart.
Would God
come through for Joseph and Mary? Would they overcome the evil chatter and the
gossip of their apparent misbehavior? Their hope stemmed from three things.
They would listen, believe and obey. Those were the things that fed their
dream. Without them, they would have quickly drowned in their doubts. You will
sink and drown in your dream without LISTENING to God. Then they chose to
BELIEVE what He said; then they simply OBEYED what He told them to do.
When you
feel like you're drowning in your dream, get back to the basics and watch it
flourish before your eyes. God didn't birth the dream in you to watch you and
the dream drown. He WILL bring it pass if you listen, believe and obey.
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