Floods! I keep having recurring dreams of floods in different places. I have been meditating on this for a while now and believe that now is a good time to share. In the last week I have heard some disturbing prophecies about a coming collapse or at a minimum hard times for America.

As I lay awake in bed about 2:00 o’clock this morning after this last dream, all of these things started coming into my thoughts. The dream this morning was different in that it was an angel walking with me to scope out the flood situation. What did it mean? Is there any relevance to present events in the world? These were my thoughts and it was a long time before I was able to get back to sleep. Here are some of my thoughts concerning this:

Floods can be in the physical world and/or they can be emotional and spiritual. I have looked at our economy lately and as I have been in and around corporate America, I have noticed that we are in an extreme situation. There are a lot of our people who do not want to work. Some have become so entertainment conscious that they simply just don’t care. Others have gone after the almighty dollar in any way they can and are literally crushing people under their schemes. As a whole, we no longer have the desire to overcome the things that are eating at this nation. Not only have we lost sight of who we are, but through the media we no longer know what’s true. This leads to lawlessness and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.

I have heard a lot of preaching on hell, fire, and brimstone. Some have tried to instill fear to try to change others. This is not the way of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am not saying that there isn’t truth to these preachings, however I am saying that preaching fear is not the best way to go about it. Think about the story of the man wearing a coat, the wind and the sun. The sun and wind tried to prove who was the strongest. The wind tried to blow the coat off of the man, but the man only held on tighter. The sun simply came out from behind the clouds, warmed things up and the man took off his coat. Love or Fear! (I also have another post I recently wrote concerning this subject. Check it out for more in depth study.)

In the floods in my dreams I was walking around and helping others when I could. I noticed the flood didn’t have any impact on my life and neither was there any fear. I believe that this is how it will be for those who have a relationship with the Lord and walk with Him everyday. The floods are coming. There is going to be more turmoil in the marketplace. Things people have trusted in simply won’t work anymore. All the marketing skills and trends won’t overcome this. Companies are going to vanish during this time and some of them are very large. Our economy is being absorbed by the world economy. No one knows how this is going to affect them. Jobs are being lost overseas to other countries. There is a quaking going on in the financial world and who knows how things will end. So what do we do here? Does anyone know the answer?

I do know the One who knows everything and others know Him too. He didn’t come into the world to condemn us, we were already condemned, but rather He came to save us. He cares about you. He saw you while He was on the cross and He did it for you. He loves you and He would like you to get to know Him. He is Love, true Love, not a human definition of love. There are many who would like to give Him a bad name to keep you away from Him.

Love! How do you get to know someone intimately? Think about dating someone you really like. How do you do it? You have a starting point and if all goes well, you continue on. It is a relationship based on love and not fear. Who is this other person? What are they really like? I know what others have said about this person, but I really need to know myself, especially if I plan on spending a lot of time with this person and giving them a portion of my heart.

This is the way it is with the Lord Jesus Christ, one step at a time. You’ll find yourself on a journey you never thought possible. The troubles of this world simply vanish in His presence. You will find a new way to live, high above the stress and worries you now have. He has the answers for you. He knows you by name and he has seen everything you have been through.

Now, imagine yourself walking with Him in the coming days. Imagine knowing what to do with your life everyday, knowing who to talk too, what is important and what is a distraction. What if you could make every moment count and you could see lives changed for the good? How would that make you feel? What if the rest of the world were stressed but His people weren’t? What if His ways became the new way and all of a sudden His people were being sought for the answers to the world’s problems? The world could change and peace could come. Jesus will come again and set up His Kingdom on the earth. How will He do it? Lots of people have their opinions. They had figured out how He was going to come the first time and they missed it. All I know is that if we are ready and walking with Him, we will be in on what He is doing.

I will continue with this as I get more. My prayer for you is that you have a relationship with Him. I desire for you to find the reason you are here and to live your life to its full. Bless you today and may you experience His presence, peace, love, grace, mercy, tenderness and loving kindness. Have a great and wonderful day and remember to pass it on.

Joseph