This sermon will address the dreams we have personally, but it also has us consider our dreams as a church. Our personal dreams and our corporate, congregational dreams converge. I think that one feeds into the other. We are stronger people because we are united with each other in faith. When we are having trouble fulfilling our personal hopes we find additional incentive to reconnect with those hopes as we work together to accomplish our church's vision.
The New Testament text is 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Paul in writing to the church is attempting to remind them of something higher. He is trying to open their eyes to see and to open their perspectives to do more than they thought. I think these verse are some of the most important in the Bible.
Paul wrote:
"No wonder we do not lose heart! Though our outward humanity is in decay, yet day by day we are inwardly renewed. Our troubles are slight and short-lived; and their outcome an eternal glory which outweighs them far. Meanwhile our eyes are fixed, not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are unseen: for what is seen passes away; what is unseen is eternal."
This is what it takes to accomplish our dreams:
We conquer our internal inhibitions so our dreams become possible.
We confront the external prohibitions so our dreams become probable.
We connect to our ultimate expectations so our dreams become inevitable.
We look within, we look without, and we look beyond and our dreams come true.
If you have thoughts on this write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have others read your thoughts click on the box below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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