REMINDER: Sometimes, God Says Not Now.
- Rev. Dr. Teresa Allissa Citro
- May 20, 2020
- 3 min read
“He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.” -Job 33:15
I can’t help to think about this passage as I write this regarding the dream I back in 2013 . I’m not going to share my dream, the dream really doesn’t matter. Rather, God had spoken to me by showing me in my dream what would happen if he brought His promise now.
Sometimes God says, “Not now” to something that you are waiting for Him to fulfill in your life. Don’t complain about it! This is not easy to do. If you are like me, you understand even though you know God is going to fulfill what He has promised you still complain about how long it's taking.
Well guess what? Sometimes there is a required time before God can grant you what you have been praying for. In my dream, I got what I wanted, but I did not like it. I didn't like it because it was out of order, and I knew it in my dream. It made me feel horrible, and I woke up feeling badly.
You see, my dream was not something bad. However, it was out of God's order. I got what I wanted before God's timing, and it left me feeling unblessed and wishing I didn't get it. I think that dream was more like a nightmare!
God clearly had shown me I was going to get this prayer answered but it was not going to happen my way, and in my time. He reminded me in my dream, It would happen in his time. Then, I felt him say, “and stop all your complaining in this waiting!” Oh the length that God goes into showing us His will for our lives. It was crystal clear to me in my dream that before He brings to pass this promise, I would have to fulfill all the purposes God had preordained for me to accomplish. Before this prayer get's answered, there were things He was expecting me to get do and get done.
God clearly helped me see in my dream I have the choice to obey God and wait for His timing or disobeying and miss out on His best of gifts. Well, you know it! I will always obey God no matter what He asks me to do. Disobedience is not an option for me.
In this wait, God was making me become a better person. He’s helping me to create and make great everlasting memories. There are goals and plans filled with great purposes I have to achieve first. I must remain steadfast to all His purposes for my life. In addition, I must exhibit the right attitude and the right spirit. I’m not to sit around waiting for that particular promise to come to pass. Rather, I’m to be filled with joy, and get busy doing what He has placed my hands to do. In other words, I am to live my life to the fullest.
I felt in this dream God saying, “There is more to you and your life than sitting around waiting for something that I promised you to come to pass. I’m going to fulfill all my promises in your life in my timetable. My timing is the best. Don’t sit around waiting. Get up and go do what I have created you to do.”
What a dream to whip me back into shape. It was so very vivid, and very enlightening. God, in my dream, was very clear as to what He wanted me to know. God doesn’t leave us guessing. He’s precise and very clear.
I felt compelled to share my dream with you. I believe this speaks to so many of us. Sometimes we get caught up in the gift he’s about to give us that we totally miss out on all the extra blessings He has for us in the wait. So much time and energy is lost when we focus on the gift and complaining that it’s not here yet when God wants us to live our lives and trust in Him and His perfect timing, while accomplishing all He has for us in the wait, receiving all the many gifts in the wait.
Yes, “God speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.” Allow God to speak to you His truths however he chooses to do it.
Rev. Dr. Teresa Alissa Citro, Founder and President at Thread of Hope, Inc.
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