God’s Dream

The title of this post and the following excerpt is from the book, The One Factor: How One Changes Everything, by Doug Sauder

 

…no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.

- The apostle Paul, quoting the prophet Isaiah

For abused and abandoned children, when life is the nightmare, dreams can serve as an escape. Imagination provides a brief intermission from the reality of a life filled with pain, rejection, and loneliness. For the modern-day orphan, a happy childhood may be beyond their grasp…but not beyond their imagination.

What do these children of sorrow dream about?

Some dream of a house, a family, and a full stomach.

Some dream of a birthday party where, for just a moment in time, they are the center of attention.

These dreams shout, “You matter to us.”

But will these dreams ever become reality?

Across town, another group dreams. This group dreams of making a difference in the world.

They dream of leaving their legacies by helping the lost boys and girls of this world.

They dream of being a Big Brother or Big Sister to a child who has never had one.

They dream of filling their empty bedrooms with the stories, clutter, and the contagious laughter of children-children who will hug and kiss them and call them mom and dad, transforming them both in the process.

Where do these dreams come from ?

They come from the Dream Giver, God Almighty. He uses these dreams to give us a glimpse into His divine imagination. In God’s dream, the lonely, rejected, and abandoned children of this world are restored. They feast at great tables and cry no more tears. They find a place of perfect protection, uninterrupted acceptance, and unspeakable joy. It is a place where those who extend themselves to serve the needy find great reward.

This has been our Father’s dream since before the beginning of time. It is the place where all things become new.

It is a place called heaven.

But this God of dreams is not satisfied to wait until heaven. Throughout the pages of His Book, we see He has made provision for the present reality.

God calls himself a Father to the fatherless. Until heaven, His provision for the fatherless is amazingly simple. It is nothing mystical, nothing mysterious:

“God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:6

A family is God’s answer to a lonely child’s prayer

Every day God is making dreams come alive and nightmares fade as He matches those searching for lasting purpose with those who need love and acceptance. Tomorrow another orphan will pray the Lord’s prayer-”your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”-and God will make this desperate plea a reality.

God is inviting you into His dream.

 

 

 

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