DCLM HIGHER EVERYDAY 14 March 2022 — Dreams can reveal destiny
DCLM Higher Everyday 14 March 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Dreams can reveal destiny
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TOPIC: DREAMS CAN REVEAL DESTINIES
TEXT: GENESIS 37:3-11
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 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.
9 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.
10 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?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
MEMORY VERSE: “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” (GENESIS 37:9).
MESSAGE:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!” That was part of the text of the iconic speech delivered by the noted African American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., on August 28, 1963. He did not live to see his dream come true as he was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Joseph also had a dream. In fact, he had several dreams, all pointing to one thing – he was destined for the top. And he lived to see his dreams come true. Even though his brethren hated him, and his father rebuked him, yet he remained resolute. Even though Potiphar’s wife malinged him and Potiphar maltreated him, he remained undaunted. He believed in his dreams because they were God-inspired. He was guided by the belief that the hand of God was upon him. He was vindicated.
You can be a dreamer. And your dreams, under God, shall come to pass.
QUOTE: You can be a dreamer.
CHALLENGE: Believe in your dreams.
PRAYER: God, make my dreams come true like those of Joseph.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
