Genesis 37:5

Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

From Background Notes [BN] for Sept 6th & 7th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

For Joseph, the challenge is to sort out the dream in light of God’s call on his life. From this point forward his road is not smooth and a grounded awareness that God is with him will come slowly, painfully, and deliberately.

Dreams are not playthings to casually cast about or romantically imagine in a possible future of our own making. Joseph found it so. It might be worth re-reading Bonhoeffer’s comments at the beginning of these Notes in this regard. [BN,10]

Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:

* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am