Dreams - Making, Breaking, and Taking
Genesis 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison,a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. Here I write on the biblical idea of God making a dream, breaking a dream, and taking a dream. We all have dreams. A man who no longer dreams, dies--yet while he lives. Some men dream for wrong things. In God, we can dream aright. There are many biblical characters who God spoke to in a dream. One of my favorite characters, Joseph, dreamed. Yet, he had not a clue of how hard the dream was going to be. Do we ever? The Scripture is somewhat silent in terms of a lot of his heartache. But, it had to be there. Betrayal by family, betrayal by a Master. These betrayals lead to 13 long years of slavery and imprisonment. Wow, with dreams like this, who needs nightmares? The university of adversity. Joseph got his doctorate from U of A. Then, he was second-in-command in Egypt, forgave and fed his family and saved them from famine. I had