I will pour out my Spirit on all people – your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. (Joel 2:28)
The Scriptures are filled with accounts of men and women who dreamed dreams and saw visions and brought them to life because of their faith in God. One of the best examples is Nehemiah. When he heard about the dilapidated condition of the walls around Jerusalem, Nehemiah began praying, thinking, planning, dreaming, and creating a vision of victory. But he did stop there; Nehemiah acted on his vision in the strength of the Almighty. He secured permission to return to Jerusalem, organized a task force, and stayed focused when facing criticism, distractions, and opposition. And in 52 days, the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt to the glory of God and for the good of His people.
What has the Lord laid on your heart? What is Jesus calling you to do to expand the cause of His Kingdom? Know this: God never gives a dream or a vision to someone without giving them every resource needed to make it come to life. I have said many times here that God is not in the business of calling the equipped; rather, He equips the called. God will give you everything you need to do everything He is calling you to do.
If you feel ill-equipped or inadequate for something you know God is calling you to do, fear not! Moses felt completely inadequate, and he gave God every excuse in the book to try and get out of his calling to deliver God’s people out of bondage in Egypt. Yet God gave Moses everything he needed and used him to set His people free from what was the most powerful nation in the world at that time.
It’s not likely that God is calling you to go up against some world leader to expand the cause of His Kingdom. But He might be calling you to volunteer to help out in Sunday school or some other ministry at your church. Perhaps He is calling you to start a new ministry, and you feel like you just don’t have what it takes to make it happen. Remember, God loves taking ordinary people like you and me to do the extraordinary for His glory and the good of others. We simply need to go from dreaming dreams to doing them and leave the results up to the One who gave us the dream.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 