God Dreams & obstacles

Martin Luther King Jr.

You were made to dream!

Obstacles to our God Dreams

Genesis 37:5, Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Genesis 37:6-8, He said to them, “Please listen to this dream which I have had;
for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
Then his brothers said to him, “Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Application

• What areas of immaturity could keep you from living out your God dream?
• Immaturity, youth, lazy, too busy, blind spot.

Obstacles to our God Dreams

Dream Breakers

• Genesis 37:4, His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

Dream Breakers

• Genesis 37:18-20, When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!

Dream Breakers

• Genesis 37:18-20, “Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!”

Dream Breakers?

Dream Breakers?

Dream Breakers

• Genesis 37:23-25, So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

Dream Breakers

• Genesis 37:23-25, Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

Dream Makers

• Genesis 37:10, He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?” ‌

Rebuke

The Jet

Dream Makers

• Genesis 37:11-His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind. ‌ ‌

Dream Makers

• Genesis 37:21-22, But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, “Let us not take his life.” ‌Reuben further said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.‌ ‌

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Dream Makers

• Genesis 37:26-27, Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood? “Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him.

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Application!

• Will you commit to being someone else's dream maker?

Application

• Write down a dream this week that God has put it on your heart.
• Share this with someone else.
• Read Genesis 37 & 38