I had a Dream

(I want to share this dream from last night, tomorrow back to Isaiah.)

I had a Dream

Last night I had a dream, somehow I had been given a valuable diamond.  I was not sure what the story of the diamond was about, in that I am not into diamonds, maybe it was the Hope diamond valued at 250 million.  The dream was not clear as to the diamond, just that it was of great value, so maybe it was only the 59.6-carat flawless pink diamond called the “Pink Star,” it was auctioned for 83.2 million.  

It matters not, for in my dream I began to look to what the diamond could do for me, how it would change my life.  It is a given, once people became aware of my good fortune I would have all kinds of opportunities, many new acquaintances and many choices, choices I could not even dream of at this time.  I was about to explore the choices, when something happen, I was ask this question, can the most expensive diamond in the world compare to the value of being my child?  I was no longer dreaming, that question awoke me; Lord, what value do I put on being your child?  It seemed like I lay for a long time trying to grasp the question that was ask of me; how much do I value my relationship with the Father, can it compare to anything this world has to offer?

It seemed the voice in my dreams made light of such a small thing as a diamond of great worth in this world compared to being a child of the One who created it all.  The voice began to show me what real value is and this morning while wide-awake, I recalled Jesus’ words in John 16:33, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”  I’m 72 years of age, I’ve seen tribulation and how it removes hope and joy from ones life, and I’ve experienced peace, and I choose the peace I’ve found in Jesus, the Christ. 

This morning I also recalled these words in 1 John 2:7, “And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”  So as a child of the Father, my thoughts should be to know Him, to seek His face, and not what His hand can do for me. 

I’m not sure why this dream came into my mind, for it has been a good while since I worried 

about acquiring more material stuff, but when I went back to sleep the same dream came 

over and over during the night, and my answer came last night and today while fully 

awake, “I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold I'd rather be His than have riches

 untold I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands I'd rather be led by His 

nail-pierced hand than to be the king of a vast domain and be held in sin's dread 

sway. I'd rather have Jesus than anything This world affords today.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice