Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God--what is good and acceptable and perfect.
(Romans 12:2
NRSV)
Senator John F. Kennedy went to one of his friends, also a Senator, to tell him of a dream he had.
This was during the 1960 Presidential elections, and Kennedy had dreamed that the Lord had
chosen him as a nominee for his party. Kennedy's friend laughed at him and claimed that he had
been chosen by the Lord in a dream also. The two Senators approached Senator Lyndon Johnson
to ask his opinion of the dreams. After he had heard an explanation of the dreams, Johnson said,
"That's funny. I can't remember tapping either of you for the job."
God dreamed of a world. A world of green trees and blue skies and sparkling dreams. He would
populate this beautiful world with all kinds of exotic creatures--some that would fly high in the
sky, others that would swim in the seas, others that would ramble across the prairies and the
mountains. To oversee it all God would create a being in His own image. Male and female he
created this new being. And God saw everything that He had made and it was good. Because God
created this new being in His own image, however, it had a will. It could choose. And God
watched as the creature despoiled the Creator's dream. But God never gave up. When, finally,
there appeared no other way to save the dream and the creatures He had grown to love so dearly,
God sent His own Son. The cross is the culmination of history's most magnificent dream--the
dream of God for this fallen world. And you and I are part of that dream today.
Are your life dreams in harmony with God's? If they are, then you have found the secret of a
satisfying life.
Prayer: Dear God, help me to live in harmony with your dream for my life. Amen.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA