Oftentimes when I dream I cannot find where it is I am trying to go or what I need at the moment. They go something like this: I cannot find a classroom and the class is about to start, I’m not able to find where my gowns are hanging and church is about to start, or I’m not able to catch up with the people I am supposed to be golfing with because I can’t find my clubs or the tee I am supposed to be on! These dreams have me wandering around trying to find the right door or get to the right place. I am searching and unable to find.
Ever happened to you? The stressor or pressures of life can rob us of our sleep and actually rob us of life itself. Not knowing “how to get there” or not even knowing where “there“is. This can border on traumatic. Our Lord, speaking in easy to understand language, tells us clearly who he is and what he can do for us. Today he calls himself the Gate, the One through whom we cannot only find life, but find it abundantly! He encourages us to take our thoughts and actions and funnel them through Him so He can give us meaning and purpose in our lives.
So today take whatever is concerning you, whatever might be troubling you, and reflect on it through the eyes of our Lord. Picture yourself walking through the gate Jesus says that He is, and see what a difference that makes. When I do this my stress goes down and quality of life goes up!
Prayer:
Lord, take me as I am and fashion out what I might be. Amen.
Pastor Jerry
