PSALM 73:20-24
“As a dream when one awakes, So, Lord, when You awake, You shall despise their image. Thus my heart was grieved, And I was vexed in my mind. I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
”Psalms 73:20-24 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/psa.73.20-24.NKJ
V
Asaph realized that the rich who put their hope, joy, and confidence in their wealth, live in a dream world of fantasies.
Whilst God speaks through dreams and visions, unrighteous fantasies only exists in the mind of the dreamer.
Don't let your lifes goals be so unreal that you wake up too late and miss the reality of God's truth. Happiness and hope can be a reality, but only when they are based on God, not on riches.
Because reality is in God, we should stay as close to Him as we can in order to be realistic about life. Asaph, declares his confidence in God's presence and guidance.
We are continually in God's grip from birth to death. But far more, we have the confident hope of the resurrection that takes us into eternity.
We believers know that one day, even though our courage and strength may fail, we will be raised to life to serve God forever.
Jesus is our security; He gives us His peace regardless of circumstance today, tomorrow, and a forever as we walk into Hiscfuture that is perfect, holy, and eternal.
My brethren, we must push aside all ungodly fantasies and unrealistic dreams and cling to Jesus, His truth, and our trust must be in Him alone.
A lottery win may feel good, but it cannot buy your eternal future; it’s “feel good” affect is temporary. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
I Timothy 6:10 NKJV
Having said that, God given dreams and visions speak to us useful messages, and however bizarre they may seem, we must gain discernment and walk in them.
Therefore, don’t simply shut down your God given imagination, for all things are possible with God (MATHEW 19:26; LUKE 18:27).
When we use our imagination to plant godly seeds in the spiritual realms, those things that one believes on shall manifest in the physical realm.
In the same way, when we find the spiritual source of our troubles, we can rebuke them and bring positive change, for when we “submit to God. Resist the devil, he will flee from you (JAMES 4:7).”
As I told you before, ““Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Jeremiah 17:7-8 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.