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Vision vs Reality
'YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS.' JOEL 2:28
There's a scene in an old film, Man of La Mancha where the main character and his servant are standing staring at a derelict building. When Don Quixote describes his vision of turrets and magnificent gates, seeing it as almost a palace, the servant, Sancho Panza does his best to see his master's vision but he just can't get past the reality in front of him. When Sancho starts describing the ruins, the Don stops him, saying, 'I will not allow your facts to interfere with my vision!'
In the last days God has promised to pour out His Spirit on all kinds of different people (not just the ones we think deserve it). He said, 'Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will have dreams, and your young men will see visions.'
One Bible teacher writes: 'When the Holy Spirit fills us, we have visions that defy facts. When I deal with young people who get a vision of doing something big for God, I can always count on their parents to throw cold water on it. The parents say they want them to be realistic.' Well, whether it's parents or anyone else that insists on pointing out all the 'realities' that mean your vision will never happen, always remember that when God gives visions they often don't make sense at that moment in time. But that's ok, because God is outside time!
written by Bob Gass
