Text: Genesis 37:5-10
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Joseph had two dreams in quick succession. The first dream shows that his brothers were going to bow to him while the second one brought his parents into the picture. They too were going to bow down to him.
By interpretation, the dreams revealed that Joseph was going to become the leader of the family of Jacob. His parents and his siblings were going to be under him.
That was all the dreams revealed. That was all it meant to them. His brother reacted and queried him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?'. His father also rebuked him and said: 'Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?'
All they saw was that Joseph was going to reign over the family and that led them to hate him and have deadly jealous of him.
The dream never revealed that Joseph was going to reign, not only over villages, towns and cities, but also over nations and over powerful men. It was a small dream with a very big reality.
When God gives you a vision and dream, don't ever limit where it can take you to to what you saw. God will never reveal all His great plans for you at once.
However big your dream is, it is still far below what God has in stock for you.
Your ability to hold on to God and pursue His vision for your life, in the face of persecution, opposition and challenges, will guarantee the fulfilment of its great reality. Don't cut corners, don't look for a short cut so that you won't be cut short along the way. Joseph could have slept with Portipher's wife and would have ended up becoming an enviable adulterer. May be he could have conspired with her to kill her husband and relocated to another community to start a new life with her and become the richest man in that small community. But he could also have lost the GREAT REALITY of his small dream.
Don't despise that small dream, vision or revelation God is showing to you. A big reality resides in it. Every big, blossoming and fruitful tree you see today was once residing in a tiny seed. That dream is a tiny seed. God has the capacity to make a forest from it. Every time you behold a seed, know that you are looking at a potential forest. Every time you behold your dream, know that you are looking at a great reality waiting to unfold. It is just a matter of time. Your small dream will become a great fulfilment.
My prayer for you today:
May you not disdain your dreams, may you not be myopic in understanding God's vision for your life, may you not throw away the great forest in your seed.
May you fulfill destiny in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for the day:
Job 8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Have a wonderful day.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Joseph had two dreams in quick succession. The first dream shows that his brothers were going to bow to him while the second one brought his parents into the picture. They too were going to bow down to him.
By interpretation, the dreams revealed that Joseph was going to become the leader of the family of Jacob. His parents and his siblings were going to be under him.
That was all the dreams revealed. That was all it meant to them. His brother reacted and queried him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?'. His father also rebuked him and said: 'Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?'
All they saw was that Joseph was going to reign over the family and that led them to hate him and have deadly jealous of him.
The dream never revealed that Joseph was going to reign, not only over villages, towns and cities, but also over nations and over powerful men. It was a small dream with a very big reality.
When God gives you a vision and dream, don't ever limit where it can take you to to what you saw. God will never reveal all His great plans for you at once.
However big your dream is, it is still far below what God has in stock for you.
Your ability to hold on to God and pursue His vision for your life, in the face of persecution, opposition and challenges, will guarantee the fulfilment of its great reality. Don't cut corners, don't look for a short cut so that you won't be cut short along the way. Joseph could have slept with Portipher's wife and would have ended up becoming an enviable adulterer. May be he could have conspired with her to kill her husband and relocated to another community to start a new life with her and become the richest man in that small community. But he could also have lost the GREAT REALITY of his small dream.
Don't despise that small dream, vision or revelation God is showing to you. A big reality resides in it. Every big, blossoming and fruitful tree you see today was once residing in a tiny seed. That dream is a tiny seed. God has the capacity to make a forest from it. Every time you behold a seed, know that you are looking at a potential forest. Every time you behold your dream, know that you are looking at a great reality waiting to unfold. It is just a matter of time. Your small dream will become a great fulfilment.
My prayer for you today:
May you not disdain your dreams, may you not be myopic in understanding God's vision for your life, may you not throw away the great forest in your seed.
May you fulfill destiny in Jesus name Amen.
Scripture meditation for the day:
Job 8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Have a wonderful day.
-Pastor Olusola Dare
(+2347065611913)
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