Are You a Dreamer?
In his 2008 conference message, Graham Cooke encouraged us with these words, “The Father has a dream…a dream, and a passion about people in the earth so radically affected by Him that they are totally vulnerable and susceptible to Heaven.
“He has a dream about a community of people in the earth that are just like Him: unchangeable, unshakeable, 
unstoppable. He has a dream that people are living in Ephesians 3:20: Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us….”
Graham asked, “If God is doing abundantly beyond all we can think, what is beyond thinking? Dreaming is beyond thinking!”
A Hunger for More
Do you ever allow yourself to take time out of your busy schedule to just sit and dream? Do you dream about moving beyond the current confines of your life?
We all know how demanding life can be. Sometimes, just trudging through the day-to-day can cause your strength to drain away. Days become weeks, and weeks months and before you know it another year has gone by and you feel captured by life’s demands. But something in you says, God wants more for me than this.
God has put that yearning and a hunger in your heart for more, because He has more for you than you can ask or think! I remember my father saying, “Appetite is a sign of health.” For you to have an appetite and a hunger for more of what God intends is a wonderful sign of your spiritual health.
There are greater revelations about God that He wants to give and often it will come through visions and dreams. Dreaming moves us into imagination. One of the many definitions of the word, dream, is “a strongly desired goal or purpose.”
Naomi’s Dream
Naomi had a dream. She had a “strongly desired goal and purpose” for Ruth that would move her from widowhood and poverty to the place of provision and bridal love. “My daughter, shall I not seek security for you that it may be well with you?” Naomi said to Ruth.
Ruth was instructed by Naomi to “…wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your best garment and go down to the threshing floor,” (Ruth 3:3). Ruth was being encouraged to wash away anything of the past that would affect where God wanted to take her. She was told to anoint herself, putting on a fresh attitude for her future.
Lastly, she was to have a garment change! “Put on your best garment,” were the instructions through Naomi. She was preparing outwardly for what was happening inwardly.
That is dreaming!
Something New
Something new is forming in you. You are carrying something new in the Spirit. Just as the Holy Spirit brooded over creation, so He is brooding over the new creation in you. He is stirring up the depths within you. You are moving beyond where you have been to living according to the power that that works in you….more than you could ask or think.
It is time for you to wash away any restrictive thinking from your past, to anoint yourself and to put on a new garment. Change is in the atmosphere.
Dream Big
God is moving us from our current level of mediocrity up to our rightful level as the bride of His Son. It is a place where the world will look at us with astonishment because that is the way they looked at Jesus.
This is a time to dream. Dream big. We will manifest a magnitude of the Kingdom, as yet unseen on earth. Let Him work exceedingly abundantly in you… more than you can ask or think!
It’s time to take risks to fulfill our dreams. I have been reading about Ruth, Naomi, Tamar and Bathsheba. Such women of determination… each came to KNOW their God, either through trauma, betrayal or sadness. Yet each part of the Lineage of Grace.
Let’s be AGLOW… impacting for the Kingdom, through acts of love and compassion.
Our Father God has SO MUCH MORE for all of us.
Shalom and blessings.
Love the picture! Like the brooding part…
Thanks Jane,
The last two blogs fit perferctly for where I am journeying with the Lord. I was laid off July 7th but on July 3rd had received a prophetic word regarding promotion. So as I am looking for a job I am asking God what He has for me. This is the opportunity to walk through the door to do God’s work and find the satisfaction in what I put my hands to…that He would allow whatever I put my hands to, to prosper and glorify Him. Your blog was an affirmation of His word to me and an encouragement that I can pursue the dream and not settle. God is faithful! He will provide! Thanks for your faithfulness and listening ear.
Dear Jane, I have just finished going through the Book of Genesis looking at Abraham, Jacob and Joseph. They dreamed, exercised faith and believed in an exceedingly big God. As a result they did exploits and realized far more than they could ever ask or think! They availed themselves to be used in ways unimaginable. Do we understand that we too can experience that just by allowing ourselves to think, dream and believe in a big God? Thank you for this encouraging word.
Dear Jane,
The Lord had me read the Book of Ruth last week and I wasn’t sure why. After reading this blog today, I saw the significance of what I had read.
Thank you for hearing from the Lord, but more than that LISTENING.
The essence of this word was prayed over me yesterday by a visiting speaker in our church who spoke on Stewardship. Forget the past and what it held and dream and know the things the Lord has for you to do. Dream and prosper. You verbage was a total confirmation to what he prayed for me. THank you and bless you.
Dear Jane, There as so many nuggets of gold in your Blog “Are You a Dreamer”. So many questions that we can ask and answer about ourselves. Dreams exceeding thoughts..taking time to be still enough to dream…..putting on your “best” garment”??? What this means to one is not necessarily what it means to another. I am encouraged by your article that it is never too late to Dream. Thank you Jane for sharing your God given insight and revelations with us.
We have a big appetite and are excited about our up and coming Australian National Conference and anticipate you sharing with us from the Word. Blessings
Timely message and definitely appreciated. We are presently going through the Truth Project as a small group and I am finding so many connections. God is speaking to all of us through the prompting of His Spirit. God bless you.