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Daydream believer (2)
'... The butler and the baker of the king ... had a dream ...' Genesis 40:5
American poet, Theodore Roethke wrote, 'What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible'. There's a recurring theme in the Bible of God choosing people to specialise in the impossible.
Moses specialised in water sculpture; he literally sculpted two enormous walls out of the Red Sea. Elijah specialized in barbecues; on Mount Carmel he called down fire from heaven to barbecue the bull. And Joseph specialized in fortune telling; his God-given talent for dream interpretation lands him a job at the equivalent of Number 10.
With Joseph though, it's a long walk with God before his specialisation stops landing him in trouble and starts landing him in the palace. So far, his weird talent has torn apart his family, taken him from his home and locked him up in prison. By this point you'd forgive him for not wanting to open his trap about his flair for dreams. But when a chance arises to interpret a dream for the most powerful man in the world, Joseph doesn't shirk his genius. Think about it, if he gets this one wrong, the penalty will be his life. Joseph forgets the past and opens the door to his future.
Paul tells us to do something similar, '... forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead' (Philippians 3:13). Forget what the party-poopers have told you and reach out for the one who specialises in the impossible. Follow your dream.
written by Bob Gass
'... The butler and the baker of the king ... had a dream ...' Genesis 40:5
American poet, Theodore Roethke wrote, 'What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible'. There's a recurring theme in the Bible of God choosing people to specialise in the impossible.
Moses specialised in water sculpture; he literally sculpted two enormous walls out of the Red Sea. Elijah specialized in barbecues; on Mount Carmel he called down fire from heaven to barbecue the bull. And Joseph specialized in fortune telling; his God-given talent for dream interpretation lands him a job at the equivalent of Number 10.
With Joseph though, it's a long walk with God before his specialisation stops landing him in trouble and starts landing him in the palace. So far, his weird talent has torn apart his family, taken him from his home and locked him up in prison. By this point you'd forgive him for not wanting to open his trap about his flair for dreams. But when a chance arises to interpret a dream for the most powerful man in the world, Joseph doesn't shirk his genius. Think about it, if he gets this one wrong, the penalty will be his life. Joseph forgets the past and opens the door to his future.
Paul tells us to do something similar, '... forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead' (Philippians 3:13). Forget what the party-poopers have told you and reach out for the one who specialises in the impossible. Follow your dream.
written by Bob Gass
