“The World Waits For Our Dreams to be Fulfilled”

 “The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.”

Romans 8:19

Before Sampson was born, as a matter of fact before Samson was conceived, God spoke to his parents concerning what we might label a “Jeremiah 29:13 moment”.

We looked at it last week but let me print it here again to review –

Judges 13:2-5

“A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. The angel of the Lord appeared to her and said, “You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Using our description from yesterday we can see that God had a ‘dream’ for Sampson.

He had a course set for his life that Sampson was free to follow or to disregard.

We know from scripture that there were some bumps in the road.

Sampson often gratified his own flesh rather than wholly follow the plans and the dream that God had for him.

We also know that God is no respecter of persons and that his plans, though different for each of us, are good and when followed will benefit us.

Sometimes we struggle to see those benefits when we are in the midst of the issues that life  has a way of presenting to us.

That is why trust is so critical.

We do not have the understanding that God has.

We do not have His perspective.

We do not always choose wisely or with our long term benefit in mind.

Like Esau we gravitate to the bowl of food while rejecting the birthright blessing.

God did not refuse Esau his choice.

God did not refuse Sampson his choices.

God will not refuse you your choices.

It is sometimes much easier to walk away from God than it is to walk with God.

Don’t walk away from Him.

Don’t leave His dreams for you unfulfilled.

Don’t drop the dream for a short term fix.

Ask Him for strength and for perseverance to fulfill all of His purposes.

Don’t quit after realizing 10% of what He has called you to do.

The world needs 100% of God’s dreams fulfilled in your life!