Dreams for a New Year

And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. – Joel 2:28

As we begin a new year we often start with new goals in mind that we would like to accomplish in the new year. In order to meet these goals we must have some picture or vision in our mind of what it is we want to achieve. If we want to lose weight we must have a vision of what we have to do in order to lose the weight and what we would look like when the weight is gone. Without a vision or dream in mind we wouldn’t have anything to strive for and we would fall short of reaching our goal.

The Lord tells us, through the prophet Joel, that when we are filled with the Holy Spirit we are filled with dreams and visions from the Lord. These dreams and visions are pictures of the future that God wants to accomplish through us and through his church. What dreams and visions has God given you for 2011? What dreams and visions has God given our church for 2011? We must be able to see these dreams and vision before we can begin to accomplish them. In 2011 dare to be a dreamer!

Prayer: Thank you Lord for the power of your Holy Spirit. Thank you that through your Spirit you reveal your dreams and visions to me. Help me to catch your dream and vision for my life that I may use this new year for your glory. Amen.

Faith Tip: Think about a vision that God would like to accomplish in you this year. Write it down, share it with someone else, and strive to live into that new vision in 2011.

Written by Pastor Aaron Anderson