Ecclesiastes 5
There are so many today with big dreams and big faith-talk to match. It would appear, certainly if you’re a leader, that to not have a dream makes you deficient in some way. Once you get a dream it is a must to make it known. Put it on paper, speak it out, claim it by faith. So we are taught.
Now I am a firm believer in having a purpose and a plan for life and not to wander aimlessly. Author and poet, Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) rightly advises of the tension that can exist in us all.
“There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud”.
I don’t want to be a person without vision. But there are some wild and wacky plans out there.
A dream comes when there are many cares, and many words mark the speech of a fool, v3.
The old man brings some wisdom that he has learnt.
To dream when you have problems is like a fool who says too much which he will later regret.
Not all dreams are healthy, Godly, or possible.
Our cares belong to God not fuelled into dreams.
Dreams can be nothing more than hallucinations based on personal gain if they come from problems.
Solomon says be quiet, don’t be hasty, learn to listen, less words the better.
It is in this place of quietness and trust, of fear and silence that the dreams of God are conceived.
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