Pastor, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weâve all had the experience. The faintly lingering sweetness, the dawning sense of reality returning upon us, and then the longing sigh, âIt was only a dream.â How we wish we could go back! And then, how we wish we could remember. For very soon, the dream vanishes from memory as waking life floods our senses.
Christians often dream, so to speak, about what God might do in their lives for his glory. Sometimes, some of these good dreams begin to take root in our minds and foster hope in our hearts. We cling to them. We begin to count on them. But what happens when good dreams donât come true? And why does God let us dream up good things that never happen? The answer is as wondrous as it is sobering: so he can crush our little ideas of greatness and show us something better.