What's in a Dream?

Daniel 2; Colossians 1:25-29

Did you ever wake up from a dream and wonder what your dream meant? It might have been a crazy dream juxtaposing the past with the future, nonsense and reality, and it left you more confused but intrigued? We all have weird dreams from time to time. Some like to try to figure out the meaning, others just shrug it off. And though we may never fully know the whats and whys of dreams, they do fascinate us.

In the Bible there was a teenager who had to deal with some very crazy dreams. His name is Daniel and there is an entire book in the Bible written about his life. He, and his young friends, were escorted out of their home town and nation and taken to the capital of Babylon. Here king Nebuchadnezzar was trying to indoctrinate them into his own culture. Daniel and his buddies refused to compromise their faith in God and God blessed them by giving them great wisdom, to the point that Nebuchadnezzar elevated them into positions with his other wisemen.

Then the Dream Came

Neb had a really wacked dream one night and was thoroughly convinced it had a meaning. He employed wisemen, kind of like psychics, to advise him. However, they often would manipulate him with their counsel. Knowing that they would probably just make something up, Neb decreed that they would have to tell them his dream and their interpretation or all of them were going to die. There was no one among the Babylonians who could tell him the dream and he decreed all of them should be put to death.

God of Dreams

When the came to get Daniel and his friends, Daniel asked for more time to ask the God of dreams to give them the answer. After they prayed, God answered and Daniel knew the dream and the interpretation. Upon sharing with the king, all the wisemen were saved and God glorified.

Revealing Mysteries

Like Daniel, we have been sent from God with a message for those around us. You see, all the people around us have a death sentence on their soul if they do not know Jesus Christ. God has revealed to us the mystery of His love to take to the world! We cannot back down nor should we fear what men might say or do. We need to be like Daniel and take the message of God to those around us.

It is the message of Christ crucified, buried and risen again that sets us free from the bondage of sin and death. Take some time this week to watch www.lifein6words.com and share it with a friend. Ask them what they think about “the Greatest story ever told that’s hardly ever told!”