As I have been thinking about our call to dream – the invitation God extends to each of us to be part of the on-going creative process that is our lives – I have looked to Jesus for insight. How did Jesus carry out his mission? How did he dream of what could be but wasn’t.
Of course, the most obvious difference between Jesus’ experience and mine (and yours) is that Jesus is fully God. BUT, Jesus was fully man as well. He experienced life with all its joys, hardships and challenges just as we do today. So what inspired Jesus? What prompted his dreams?
This Sunday, I will challenge our family to get out of the comfort zone, look to God and dream.
One of my readings this morning came from Matthew 14. The chapter begins with the account of John the Baptist’s beheading and then moves to the story of the feeding of the 5000 and then the chapter wraps up with the Peter’s failed attempt to walk on water.
But something that caught my attention in this chapter was Jesus’ resolve to get away and spend time with the Father. When he first heard of John’s death, he got in a boat and headed to a “solitary place.” He wanted to get away and be alone with God to sort things out – to imagine and dream about what should happen next.
However, along the way he encountered an interruption – over 5000 of them to be exact. He had compassion on the masses, he healed the sick and then he fed all of them before sending them home. Once the crowds were handled, he sent his disciples boating and he resumed his quest to find some solitude on a mountainside where he could pray.
As we consider what could be but isn’t for 2018, we need to have the same kind of resolve to get out and away from the distractions of life – out of our comfort zone – and be willing to seek God and dream.
Interruptions will come our way. But we must be committed to spending time with the Father in order to dream God-sized dreams.
Clay in the Hands 
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