Taking the Initiative against Daydreaming
Arise, let us go from here —John 14:31
Daydreaming about something in order to do it properly is
right, but daydreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong. In this
passage, after having said these wonderful things to His disciples, we might
have expected our Lord to tell them to go away and meditate over them all. But
Jesus never allowed idle daydreaming. When our purpose is to seek God and to discover
His will for us, daydreaming is right and acceptable. But when our inclination
is to spend time daydreaming over what we have already been told to do, it is
unacceptable and God’s blessing is never on it. God will take the initiative
against this kind of daydreaming by prodding us to action. His instructions to
us will be along the lines of this: “Don’t sit or stand there, just go!”
If we are quietly waiting before God after He has said to
us, “Come aside by yourselves . . .” then that is meditation before Him to seek
His will (Mark 6:31). Beware, however, of giving in to mere daydreaming once
God has spoken. Allow Him to be the source of all your dreams, joys, and
delights, and be careful to go and obey what He has said. If you are in love
with someone, you don’t sit and daydream about that person all the time— you go
and do something for him. That is what Jesus Christ expects us to do.
Daydreaming after God has spoken is an indication that we do not trust Him.
(Taken from Oswald Chambers – “My Utmost
for His Highest” February 20)