What Dreams Are Made Of
Daydreams are fun. I wonder how often people take time to daydream anymore. For me, dreaming during the day with my eyes open feels safer than night dreams. Probably because I’m in control of what I dream about. Around 4:30 in the afternoon, while I’m waiting on the cows to eat, you’ll likely find me daydreaming. Especially if there are clouds in the sky.
I’ve had dreams that can still haunt me today, years and years later. While I’m sure I have dreams these days that I don’t remember once I’m awake, there’s some I do, and I take them into consideration. Sometimes they’re so vivid and real that I cannot shake them from my mind. I’ve even had many that were prophetic. So much so that I’ve tried to thwart some of them by telling them to my husband in hopes that I’d jinx them and keep them from coming true.
Isaiah wasn’t a dreamer, he was chosen to prophecy and the things he did prophesy are impactful to this day. I’ve been reading through Isaiah these past weeks and months and I’m continually gasping, nodding my head and writing down things that I relate to. This dude was incredibly filled with the words that God wants the world to know and he overflowed with them for years and years. Why is it that we continue to ignore them?
He didn’t wake up thinking that evil things were chasing him or that someone he loved was having an issue they hadn’t told him about. No. Isaiah was a vessel that God intentionally filled with truths that He wanted the world to know. Isaiah didn’t run to his wife every morning retelling the awful parts of his thoughts in hopes that they wouldn’t come true; he tirelessly went everywhere telling anyone who would listen the warnings and messages he was sent to tell in hopes that those who took time to listen would take these words to heart. He was warning the world that their greed, selfishness, hate, judgemental actions, aggressive behaviours, senselessness and idolatry would lead them to ruin.
Still today Isaiah’s words ring true. The wickedness, coveting, vengeful way that we live our lives with no thought for others or our own future covers the face of every surface and it’s disheartening. The rules are so simple. And following them can be so easy. Why don’t we all want to do good for others and take so much emphasis off ourselves? Are we so self centered that we can’t sacrifice our “treasures” for someone else’s need? Have we become so greedy that we allow our own loved ones to suffer? Do we put ourselves on such a pedestal that we cannot even see the needs of others?
If I were to have a daydream that I’d like to come true, it would be that everyone would take a reality check. Open our eyes to the truth. Open our hearts to real love. There isn’t one thing on this earth that is more important than a life. No money, no home, no job, nothing that can be piled up to collect dust or grow more of is more valuable than a living being. When we die, there isn’t one thing on this planet that we can take with us. Not even the shirt we have on. So why do we worry so much about “stuff”?
Time is fleeting, dreams are forgotten. We have today. Change can happen.
#readtheword I could list scripture until there’s no room left, just open the Word, it’s all there. If you’re reading this, you have access to it.
