Waiting for Dreams to Come True #1

8 dreams on a piece of paper. All good, honest, unselfish dreams, tested and given back to the

keeper of dreams. We believed they WOULD COME TRUE. Psalm 37:5 says so. But, when, and…

NOW WHAT?    Where did we go from here? Two things
First, we WAITED

Part of the ‘handing our dreams back to God’ involved giving God the right of using any avenue and any agency which He cares to use to bring your dreams into fulfillment, in His own way and in His own time”.

Some dreams may take many years to come true and the waiting time is a learning time. God uses it to teach us many things, like patience, gratitude, humility, endurance, and especially trust.
Too many people see God as some glorified Santa Claus, expecting Him to deliver the goods whenever they demand. Sometimes we need to be reminded just who is God, and who is the servant.

There are many temptations we can fall into when we get impatient with God to fulfill our

dreams. eg

• God is not interested in my life.
• I even doubt His word and  existence.
• He is not trustworthy
• He is too slow, so I will take matters into my own hands,
  
  Abraham fell into this trap, and produced Ishmael. Isaac was still born, as promised, but what a mess came out of impatient waiting.

One of our dreams took over 25 years to come true.
We wanted to have a home on a few acres in the country, room for kids to run, a horse, chooks etc. But the time wasn’t right:
1. Barry’s work was in the city, and the call there was still current;
2. The children’s education, both academic and spiritual, was located in the city;
3. Our finances were inadequate. Full-time motherhood meant a single income .

           The waiting wasn’t easy. I am not by nature a patient person. I dream it now, I want it now. Many MANY times over the waiting years I had to re-relinquish my dreams, giving them back to God again and again, reaffirming my trust in Him.

The waiting wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. We now have the few acres, AND we learned to trust God.