I had a strange dream last night. I was a player on an African basketball team. The team apparently was going through tough times. One of the players made a speech asserting that we needed to take a stand. Everyone on the team got all pumped up. I think I woke up them. I really don’t know where dreams come from. I’m no basketball player and have never been to Africa. Surely this dream has no meaning or relevance to my life today. Or does it.
The more I consider it, taking a stand is something that needs to happen. It seems so much is slipping away. Our country is less safe, less God dependent, less loving. We seem to be losing control. Our ability to control our own lives or to decide to put control in the hands of God is under attack. Satan has been stealing our stuff. He’s a smart thief. He’s taking a bit at a time, not grabbing everything all at once. That way we don’t notice the losses.
It clearly is time to take a stand. What stand should we take? We need to take a stand on Jesus. He needs to be our foundation. It’s becoming clearer every day that no other foundation is trustworthy. Wealth and power, political party or movement, our own strength and ability, all are proving to be poor unreliable foundations. Our very lives, everything we’ve become used to, can no longer be counted on. We can rely on the assumption that tomorrow will be like today. In fact, we can be pretty sure that it won’t.
Only Jesus has the constancy and the flexibility to handle the future. He doesn’t change, yet he guides and directs us safely through the changes that seem to be coming faster and faster. Maybe that African basketball team dream comes from a growing knowledge that things are changing. Can’t rely on anything but Jesus. Just because something has been a certain way, doesn’t mean that’s here to stay, unless that thing is Jesus. No matter what the future holds, only Jesus is there, ready to comfort and to guide.
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