FOUR DREAM KILLERS
God wants you to fulfill the purpose for which you were created! Living in God’s dream for your life is the most exciting and rewarding part of living. Living in God's dream happens when you and God are living in unity and he is living heaven’s life through you! Be sure of this though; the enemy is out to steal, kill and destroy! Note though, our biggest problem is not the devil but rather the enemy of self-righteousness as afforded by the law! Rom 7:8,11 Having faith in ourselves to be right in God’s sight is the life of living imprisoned and the root of four dangerous dream killers! Gal 3:23
Please take a moment to read Numbers chapter 13. It is the fascinating story of the leaders of the children of Israel inspecting the promised land and the following lousy report of the majority. Because the children of Israel lived under the law and consequently by their self–righteousness, these four dream killers kept them from the beautiful land God had promised to give them, and they ended up dying in the desert. Be assured, the enemy is against you also and these same dream killers are out to destroy you and your future!
1. Fear – Num 13:31-32 Thinking that the Giants were more powerful, they were afraid to do what God told them they could do.
2. Discouragement – In verse 33, they said, "We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” The fear and discouragement within them were assuming the thoughts of those giants.
3. Doubt – The people chose to doubt the very words of God to them, for God had told them to go in and take the promised land for he would be with them. In Numbers chapter 20 we also see the children of Israel doubting God, not believing in his ability to meet their need for water and they began to use their mouth to complain.
4. Murmuring or Complaining – When the people chose to doubt God and live in fear and discouragement, the proverbial straw that broke the camels back was murmuring. Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and that is what they used to speak against God and to declare their demise.
God is longing for you and me to fulfill the incredible destiny he has for us, but fear, discouragement, doubt, and murmuring are sure ways to destroy what God has in store for us! Will you believe God today? Will you trust that his character is pure and loving towards you and that he can accomplish what he has told you to do? If you will, you will destroy the devil’s work to keep you from your best life now, and you will conquer the enemies of your soul, these…
FOUR DREAM KILLERS