Necessary Road Traveled

Genesis 37:5-10
⁵ Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. ⁶ So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ⁷ There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” ⁸ And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
¹⁰ So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”

The Kingdom of God is more than a place, it's more than a culture - it's a direction. When we give our lives to Jesus, He immediately takes us on a voyage for Him, with Him, through Him. As a child of God, YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE...too many of us waste time trying to figure out where we're going or even why...isn't enough to understand that no matter where or why, you're going with Jesus?

It says that Joseph had a dream...the dream came with 2 versions...his and God's...he dreamed of greatness, however, we being armed with the privilege of reading the entire story, we know that his life was filled with everything BUT...according to the Lord, Joseph's dream consisted of treachery, lies, betrayal, solitary confinement, and rejection. What we need to realize is, through it all - Joseph had to keep going forward for God, no matter what.

This is where we fall - our circumstances make our decisions for us versus the will and voice of the God who called us...we time His promises and we place deadlines on His fulfillment; when they don't materialize, we shut everything down...YOU HAVE TO KEEP WALKING AND MOVING FORWARD - BLIND or MAPPED...the inspiration and strength MUST come from the knowledge that Jesus is with us. Nothing stopped Joseph from believing, therefore, nothing stopped his anointing and fruitfulness...everywhere he went, everything he touched / put his hands to / PROSPERED...

Quote:  "I believe, I believe
but it's a dream that I ain't seen yet,
chasin' a dream that I ain't dreamed yet,
but I'm a meet it half way if I keep on walkin'" - Mali

This is 99% attitude/perspective and 1% courage. Can you handle that? Or will you continue to wallow in your own self pity because things haven't turned out the way you planned? Hey, the wilderness NEVER had a set of gates...YOU CAN LEAVE ANYTIME YOU GET READY...