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The dreams that I dream-26- The Immovable Rock
During a period of intense
struggles in my life, one night in a dream, I saw myself walking through a
wilderness. There's no one with me and I feel tired because of the hot sun
bearing down upon me.
Suddenly there is an
earthquake and the earth below me starts caving in. I run here and there trying
to escape being sucked into the huge gaps in the earth below. On seeing a rock,
I climb on top but the earth below the rock starts shaking and I jump onto
another rock.
In my mind, I feel it's a
futile exercise, even though I try my best to escape injury and death. Hopping
from one rock to another and from there to another, I almost give up because
the quaking is relentless.
As I contemplate giving in to
the circumstances, in a distance I see a huge rock standing undisturbed amidst
this astounding earthquake. When the whole place looks to be falling apart,
this rock is unmoved. As fast as my legs carry me, I jump from the top of rocks
that are shaking wildly and finally jump onto the immovable rock.
Now that I am on the huge
rock, I am able to stand firmly and though I see everything being destroyed in
my vicinity by the quake, no harm comes to me. In a little while, the
earthquake subsides and everything is calm and quiet once again. Thanks to the
immovable rock.
The dream ended there.
Those days were very trying
in my life. Problems at work in the clinic, problems in the family, problems in
my ministry and several other depressing matters. Yet, as the Lord had shown me
in the dream, when all other helps (small rocks) fail to save me, the immovable
rock i.e. Christ would be my help. And so He did! Praise the Lord.
How true what the Psalmists
say,
"God is our refuge and
strength, an ever-present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)
and
"From the ends of the
earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that
is higher than I."(Psalm 61:2)