I had a dream, but
before I share with you the dream I had, let me ask you this question. Do you know how
difficult it is for a woman to lose any of her children? Do you know how difficult it is for a woman to lose her only son? Do you know how difficult it is for a widow to lose
her only child- to be without any one to comfort her?
The Lord is always on
time but man may be delayed! The widow in the city of Nain could have been
delayed. According to the story in the book of Luke 7:11 & 12, exactly when
Jesus was near the city gate that he saw a dead young man- the only son of his
mother who was a widow and Jesus had compassion on her and raised this man from
death and gave him life once again.
This widow could have
been delayed by weeping at home, causing God at home, busy on how to commit
suicide, busy pointing accusing fingers to family members and human enemies.
She could be busy expecting compassion from men. If she had been a second late
to the city gate, what do you think could have happened?
You are right! She
could have missed her chances; she would lose her only chance forever. Joy
could never have been restored to her for she was a widow. The most important,
the most essential ingredient to her, the restoration of her joy was the right
timing; she met the lord right there at the city gate before Jesus could passed
her by. A little delay could be dangerous. Delay may be caused by the person
who needs a miracle or by another person who is being used to cause one to miss
his/her blessing.
In my dream, I saw how
a man was given a special assignment in the church. After many complains about
his current predicament of not having a gainful employment, the Holy Spirit
convinced him to accept the special assignment to lead a group of people. On the
day that he would be announced to be the new leader of the group and carry out
his first role, he prepared to go to the venue of the occasion, on his way,
rather than go straight, he branched a company where he had submitted his
application letter for some time despite the Spirit warning not to branch. When
he got there, he realized the position he applied for had been filled by
another person who happened to be his friend because they did not see his phone
number on his file when they wanted to call him. He was so furious that he
started serious argument with his friend who was an intern in that firm and
could have gave out his number before they decide to put her in the same
position. The argument took some time and despite the Spirit warnings, he
persisted and wasted so much time in hat place.
After he finally
realized he was late, he set out for the venue, when he got there; he realized
there was another group of people in the same venue already rejoicing with
their leader. While he was asking questions about his own group, where they
should be having their meeting, he could not get attention as many had
surrounded the leader of the group checking out a letter. By the time he got
closer, it was an appointment letter. A well coveted position in a well known
company. When he asked what happened, and he was told how a man walked in and
said he was directed by God to give this letter to the leader of a particular
group he would meet here, immediately he knew the letter was met for him.
Unlike the widow of
Nain, he allowed little delays to prevent him from his blessing. It is not the
bigger things that prevent us from the presence of God; lateness to services
sometimes is like not coming at all. Many children of God will target only
praise and worship session of their fellowship with God when their miracle is
within the Sunday school services. Sometimes, we focus so much on short term
blessings; blessings that we can see rather than the long term ones. God’s plan
for us is to give us long and permanent blessings. Let us all change for a
better future, let us know that God should not be waiting for us, rather, we
should wait for Him. He that has ears let him hear what the Spirit is saying
unto the churches!
