Today's Devotional

January 2, 2003

Subject: Dream

Psalms 126:1 - "When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream."

If any of you are like I am, the new year brings with it the anxiety of paying overdue bills, working on relationships, gearing back up for long work days and trying to get things done around the house that have been put off since the holidays began.  Oh the thought of it all.  You kind of wish the year were already further ahead.  Well, it will be sooner than we think.

All of those anxieties that I now face I realize are holding me captive such that I'm not focused on the thoughts of the great experiences that God has planned for me, not only this year, but today.  When we focus on the hard times to come, we can't even think about the great deliverance to come unless we focus more on the Great Deliverer.

Once we have our "captivity turned" then we are able to "dream".  So regardless of what you've got to face today, tomorrow and for the rest of this month, dream.  See where God is able to take you, because surely He has not and will not forsake His people.

Dream where you shall be next year and God is able to make it happen.

Carlen