Dreaming Under Open Windows

Modern day Americans have forgotten how to dream. The average man or woman is so consumed with daily affairs—paying the mortgage, paying the car bill, advancing a career—that they have neglected to imagine what God Almighty could with our lives if His hand were revealed.
Early explorers who left the comforts of Europe in search of a New World dreamed of a land of riches and religious freedom. We are heirs of that dream. The great movement of America westward was spurred forward by the idealistic, dreamlike consciousness that our Manifest Destiny was to spread across the continent. We poured over mountain ranges searching for fruitful land and golden treasure with dreams of conquering the earth and bringing a vast wilderness into subjection.
Early inventors planned elaborate, time-saving devices which would bring electricity, railroad, telegraph, and telephone to shorten the spaces across the nation. John F. Kennedy gave the nation a dream of putting a man on the moon in his generation. Martin Luther King simultaneously dreamed of a nation of racial equality, where little black children would hold hands with little white children and sing the song Free at Last.
Dreams are the substance of nations. Dreams are the infancy of ministries, movements, revolutions, and reformations. Yet many of us have turned off our dream machines. We must allow ourselves to imagine the impossible.
In 2 Kings 7, the nation of Israel was experiencing a time of dire famine. The city was under siege, no food was to be found, and prices were unbearable. All hope was lost when suddenly the word of the Lord came through the prophet Elisha that tomorrow they would be able to buy anything for almost nothing because of such an outpouring of God's abundance. The message was unbelievable, and one of the king's lords remarked, "Even if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" (2 Kings 7:2)
Such doubt hinders God and mocks His position of Almighty. Such an attitude is found in those too afraid to dream. The prophet replies, "You will see it, but you will not partake of it." (v.2) Likewise in our days a miracle is coming. God says, “If I were to tell you about it, you would not believe it.” The time of outpouring and open windows of heaven is on the way, but the question for young dreamers is whether they will simply be spectators in this move of God, or will they partake of the fruit and be used of Him in the field. In order to be there, you must allow yourself to dream.
Join us on this journey of a dreamer that begins in the Book of Genesis, chapter 37. We will follow the dreamer line by line.

God, ignite my dream machine to envision things I’ve never seen.

The Dreams of the King

One night I was awakened by a severe thunderstorm. As I rose upon my bed, a haunting phrase rang in my mind. The words sounded clearly in my mind like the thunder that was surrounding me. I propped up, looked into the darkness, and repeated the phrase as loud as the thunder, "Are your dreams such that I can make them reality?"

Are your dreams such that God can make them reality? Could He breathe upon the desires of your heart and create them into tangible realities that glorify Him? This is the beginning question for dreamers.

Are your dreams the dreams of the King?

"This is the generation of them that seek Him, the generation (or children) of Jacob, who seek His face." (Ps. 24:6) The generation of Jacob is typified in the beloved son Joseph. If you are to partake of the historic outpouring and revival of these last days, if God is going to use your life to preserve many as he did Joseph's, the most fundamental question for you to consider is “How do your dreams align with the dreams of the King?”

Are your dreams such that God can make them reality?

For if they are, you are well on your way to making history. Once you have understood the plans of the King, submitted to his purposes and timing in your life, and overcome the tests that accompany a vision from God, you will be ready and prepared for the positions of prominence God has intended for His people in these final times.

These pages will shed light on that process of preparation and reveal the King's dreams exposed and interpreted by the Biblical story of Joseph. The voice of thunder that awoke me that night is again awakening the spirits of His people in these days. God's promise is to pour out His Spirit on the young men and women of our age, and his desire is to grant them dreams that become visions and then reality. Allow Him to breathe your deepest desires, and you will find yourself caught up into the most amazing adventure of your life.

Dream the dreams of the King.

God, may Your voice like thunder within me ring,
Awaken my heart to dream the dreams of the King.