The Dreamer – Stepping in the Light

“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.” Genesis 37:5

The story of Joseph’s life is one of the most powerful examples of perseverance through difficult circumstances in the entire Bible. Joseph’s father favored him above his brothers and they hated him because of it. Then Joseph had a dream. In his dream, he and his brothers were binding sheaves of wheat in the field. Joseph’s sheaf stood upright, and his brothers’ sheaves came and bowed down to it. When Joseph told his brothers the dream, they hated him even more.

Joseph’s brothers did not know that God was preparing him to deliver them and their entire region of the world from starvation during a devastating seven-year famine. If they could have seen what was going to happen in the future, they would have been very happy about Joseph’s dream, but none of them knew exactly what the dream meant, not even Joseph.

None of us are likely to have anything quite as dramatic occur in our lives as what happened to Joseph, but we do have aspirations, hopes, and dreams. Many times God uses those dreams to guide us into His plan for our lives. You may not save an entire nation from starvation, but God has something important for you to do, and He will guide and protect you as you carry it out. He is working to accomplish great things through your aspirations, even when they seem impossible.

Morning: Genesis 36-38

Evening: Matthew 10:21-42

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“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105

If you were to find yourself walking down a path in the dark of night with only an old-fashioned lantern to light the way, you wouldn’t be able to see very far ahead. You would be able to see just enough of the pathway to know which direction to take your next step and enough of the ground to choose the best place for your feet. When it comes to our daily lives, God’s Word is a lot like that lantern. It will not show us the whole path at once, but it is exactly what we need to help us decide how to take the next step.

The Bible is our source of spiritual light, and if we consistently seek God’s direction as we read from its pages, we will always have enough light for our next step along the pathway of life. It is then that we are, in the words of an old gospel song, “stepping in the light.”

The goal of this devotional guide is to encourage you to spend time in the Word of God each day. Reading the passages listed at the bottom of the page will take you all the way through the Bible in one year. The devotional thought for each day is taken from a text within that day’s reading, so even that small daily portion of reading will take you on a journey through God’s Word. It is my prayer that this guide would help you to walk closer to the Lord and that you will find yourself taking each step in the light of His Word.