THE COMPANY OF DREAM BUILDERS VERSUS DREAM KILLERS

By Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi

 Mark 6:5-6 NKJV “Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.”

         The Lord Jesus began His ministry at the age of 30 and Mary the surrogate mother of the ‘Holy seed’ which metamorphosed into what the scriptures describes as the ‘Word made flesh’ had other children after the birth of Christ (Mark 6:3). They had grown together with Him from childhood with neighbours who had gotten acquainted with Him. They had seen both His high and low moments. God in human flesh had to learn how to be a human being and that required being under tutors not because He was no longer omniscient but to confirm what He already knew in the Spirit and to highlight the importance of education.

       God has never been subject to human authority and just as a husband and a father wishing to teach his children the importance of obedience, takes instructions from his wife not because he has lost the role of being the head of the family but to show that being obedient in any love relationship isn’t an acknowledgment of one’s inferiority but rather a demonstration of the importance of each person’s role in the relationship. The scripture says of Jesus Heb 5:8-9 “Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him”, God’s perspective of learning is different from man’s in that while man seeks to receive new information; God confirms to  us what He already knows.

             Jesus was startled by the fact that those who should know him better were the ones who showed greater disbelief in Him. Sometimes we become too familiar with each other to the point of doubting each person's potentials. To belief in God simply means to surrender to His will and to doubt Him is a refusal to surrender to His will. It is like visiting a doctor for treatment but refusing him or his staff access to your body. Unbelief and belief are both cognitive processes. Therefore, it is very easy to doubt God whenever we are  in the company of persons who are experts at teaching error. Unbelievers are dream killers and not much can be achieved while in their midst. They generate fear in our hearts instead of faith. Fear kills dreams while faith builds dreams.    

          Despite the enormity of His power, Jesus could not work much miracles in their midst due to their unbelief. As a panacea to their unbelief, He began to teach them the gospel and also employed the services of twelve disciples to carry out the task of breaking the ominous barrier created by their unbelief.The    teaching of the gospel generates faith which is a sine qua non for the miraculous to take place. Teachers of God’s word are dream builders; they aid us in our quest for lofty heights. King David said  Ps 1:1-3 NKJV  “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.” As you read this now, receive deliverance  from  dream destroyers and locate your dream builders in Jesus name. 

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