My five year old daughter comes into our room this morning and says “I had a dream last night.” I ask her “what was the dream about?” She responds “someone stole my shoes.” I said “really…what happened?” This question must have been too loaded because she did not answer, but she did say “I had to open my eyes to see if it was real.” Dreams are pretty confusing because they totally feel real until you wake up and sometimes, even then, it takes a while to convince yourself otherwise. If all dreams were true, I’d be dead. We’ve all had dreams where we die…we wake up sweating, shaking, and scared. In fact, our middle school pastor’s wife came up to me Wednesday night after church and said “I’m glad to see you here.” I was confused until she went on to inform me that I died in her dream the previous night. I may need to watch my back!!!! When she told me about her dream, I remembered a dream I had earlier in the week. This is really true and I am not making this up for the sake of this entry. It was the launch service of The Summit. I just remember nothing was going right – all the seats were not filled, the sound wasn’t right, there was some kind of snafu with the offering, and no one knew what they were doing. Instead of a dream, this was a nightmare…I woke up petrified! There must be some scientific reason why we have dreams (and I’m no scientist), but those things which consume our mind sometimes even become our sleeping thoughts. Of course, The Summit has been on my mind lately…not because I am scared, but I am excited. Every day I am reminded about the possibilities of changing lives through the power of Jesus Christ. Everyone deserves to hear that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for sin and that He was buried and rose again the third day securing eternal life for us. Paul asked a piercing question in Romans 10:14-15, “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” If we do not take the gospel to Green, who will? Maybe in a few months, those who have stepped out in faith to launch this second campus will have to “open their eyes to see if this is real” because of all the wonderful things God has done. But for now we pray, we work, we dream, and then allow God to do His work in the lives of people.
