E14 Gen 43-44 – Allowing Your God-Dreams To Unfold

Are our God-Dreams an inedibility or a glimpse of divine possibilities? Are the dreams that God gives affected by our actions and reactions? Can we get on the way and prevent God's will from unfolding? Do we have some responsibility in their fulfillment?

Frankly, I am still figuring those answers. The free-will vs. God's sovereignty discussion will continue until we meet Jesus. Until then we can rely on God and His Word for pointers.

We can get some guidance from this narrative. About twenty years earlier Joseph had a dream/vision of his brothers bowing down to him in honor (Gen 37:6-7). This dream becomes a reality twice in this passage (Gen 43:26,28). But what if Joseph would had lash out in anger the first time he saw his brothers, would the dream still come true? Did Joseph patience allow this dream to be fulfilled?

What about our dreams- have we messed them up already? Can God redeem and restore them? Maybe I am making the mistake of thinking that dreams and promises of God are about me instead of God.

Think about it. Was Joseph's dream a foretelling about the brothers that hated him one day bowing down to honor him, or was the dream about one day Joseph being able to forgive his brothers? Was the dream for just for Joseph, or was it for his brothers?

All dreams and their interpretations are from God and belong to Him (Gen 40:8). Maybe we err calling them "our" dreams and destiny. Our goal should not be to know the future, but to do our part and allow God to do His.

Questions For Reflection:

1. Joseph dreams took more than 20 years to be fulfilled, have you put an expiration date on your God-dreams?
   
2. Do you think the dream was fulfilled the way Joseph thought it would?