“DEAD DREAMS!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 524

April 27, 2021///

Luke 7:12-15 (KJV)
¹² Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
¹³ And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
¹⁴ And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
¹⁵ And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Today, I want to share some thoughts with you about how this event in the life of this widow can teach us vital lessons about our own life.  The Word of the Living God, the Bible, teaches us multitudes of layers of truth that can lead us into a higher realm of life with Jesus. 

Someone once referred to the Bible as having layers of truth like an onion, and as we peel back those layers, we see more clearly the awesome ways of God.

In those days, a widow had no means of support except for her sons.  In this case this was an only son.  She was on her way to bury him.

She was on her way to bury her only means of support.  Not only was she deprived of her precious boy, but she also now had no means of support.

Let us compare this to the Dreams and Desires the Holy Spirit has placed within us.  What are we burying that is the end of our reason for being here on this earth?  You do know you were created on purpose, for a purpose!

Maybe we have tried and failed, or maybe we are scared to try!  Maybe the desire and dream seem so out of reach that we falter under its weight.  Maybe we feel we do not have the opportunities that would propel us into our destiny of letting that dream propel us into a place of security, peace, joy, and life in the Lord Jesus!

Discouragement, defeat, despair, even people will keep you from your miracle of the revival of all that God has placed in you.

Don’t you know that this unnamed widow felt all of those?  Perhaps well-meaning neighbors had already begun to put doubt in her heart that she would survive without any means of support.

She had given birth to this child and now he was gone. 

May I ask you what dreams have you given birth to that now feel dead and are no longer living and inspiring you?

Maybe you tried and just decided it was never going to work and gave up completely and decided to put those dreams in a grave!

But may I tell you that when you in your desperate situation come into the Presence of the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ, things change.

We have no record that this woman asked Jesus to raise her son but in His Presence all things become new.  Jesus saw her, had compassion, and spoke life into her son, the one who had come from her body!

The good news today is that Jesus looks at each of us with compassion when we allow ourselves to come into His Presence.  He restores life to those dead dreams and desires and when Jesus Speaks, whatever He says is done.

Jesus speaks life into the ideas He gave you and you have called dead.  Jesus speaks life into those talents and abilities you decided you did not really have and so you have let them die.

In His Presence is Life!  Life for the dead things deep in our Spirits.

Maybe it is the Spirit of the Living God within you that needs to be raised.  Maybe you do not have that relationship you once had with the Creator God through Jesus!

May I encourage you to understand that there is an encounter with the Life that comes from Jesus Christ, just waiting for you.  

Take the time to sit in His Presence.  Put on Praise Music if that helps, or if silence is better for you, sit in silence.  But open your heart and ask Jesus to revive those things you consider gone and buried.

As you sit in the Presence of Almighty God, ask yourself the question I asked a small group once.  What would you do if time, money, or ability were no problem?

Answering that may well be the answer to why you are here on earth.  Remember God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called!

God has promised to provide all we need and when we put Him First, He will help us accomplish more in less time!

I pray that today you will spend time in His Presence and revisit all that you have ever desired to do in this world.  Let the Holy Spirit sort out what is of you and what is of Father God.   Then allow Him to give Life to that dream, desire, and purpose!

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Father, in Jesus Name, I ask that you stir up within each person who reads this the desire to be all they were created to be.  If we are breathing it is not to late to fulfill what we have been placed on earth to do! May we release the dead dreams to the Life of Jesus.   Amen

Love, MeMaw