I had an interesting dream last night and interpretation right after I woke up. In my dream I went back to our childhood house, and was given the opportunity to walk around it, but as it was back when we lived there. I guess a sort of time travel dream.
Anyway, I was aware of the fact that the house didn't look like remembered it, in fact it was much larger, had many more features and things than I remembered. IT was completely familiar, and yet everywhere I turned there were added features that I knew weren’t present when we lived in the house, at least according to my memories. In my dream I was pondering why my memories were so wrong, and then I woke up.
As soon as I woke up I felt like the Lord gave me the interpretation. In our dreams your house generally represents your life, and what I was seeing was the difference between my conscious experience and memory, and what actually was happening in the spiritual realm as well as how others' lives were interacting with mine, if that makes sense.
To put it another way, I saw the richness of my life as the Lord sees it. There is so much more that is happening in and through me than I am ever aware of consciously. There is a rich spiritual reality that is all around me and I almost never have a sense of what is happening in that realm, but I know from experience that it is real
Additionally, my life is interconnected with many others and my little life impacts others, and their lives impact mine. Whereas I might look back at a family event in my life, and have one perspective, my brothers and sisters, my Mom and Dad all would have memories of that event and they would be different than mine, and they would have a different take on my part and place in the midst of that event..
It is almost like I was seeing a documentary about my life written by tens if not hundreds of others and that was being projected as a very rich three dimensional house. My life is not some single strand of thread, but as I was writing yesterday is connected to so many others and part of God’s plan and purpose!
I think if I were to try to create a word picture, it seems like God is creating a massive tapestry that is not not just two-dimensional, but rather can be viewed from many points of reference, and angles. Our lives are part of His master plan, and purpose, and an integral part.
I was reminded of a simple three dimensional sculpture we have at our local park if you view it from the side it looks like a child leaping. If you move your position exactly 90 degrees from where you were standing and look at it again you will see a butterfly. The artist who created it did a wonderful job of capturing 2 completely different images and combining them in a sculpture.
In the same way our lives are interconnected and part of a much larger reality, that is rich beyond our best imaginations, and part of God’s great plan. We have impact in people lives both in this present age and through our children and grand-children, impact in the lives of future generations.
We live in a spiritual realm and Jesus says that our prayers and actions here affect the spiritual realm as well. Here are just a couple of verses that refer to this reality as spoken by Jesus - Matthew 18:18-19 NIV:
[18] “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. [19] “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.”
This morning I am encouraged that my life is much richer than I know! My life, my words, and actions impact those around me, and somehow are part of God’s grand plan! I am conscious of how little of the overall picture I am aware of in my daily life. I have no idea how my life, my words, my writing, my interactions with others are actually being received or experienced, but God sees it all!
Oh Lord, I pray that more than anything, my life might in some way give glory to You for everything good in me comes from You! I pray that I might fulfill my part in Your grand plan! I am so aware of how little I see and understand, but trust that You are faithful to finish what You started in me! I am reminded of a couple of verses from Paul’s letter to the Philippians 1:4-6 NIV:
[4] “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy [5] because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, [6] being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Amen and Amen!
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