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Last night I had a horrible dream... I dreamed that one of my kids was missing and I could not find them anywhere. I searched anywhere I had a clue of where they might be, but always seemed to just miss them. It seemed as if they were either led away just before I could reach them, or that they had been abducted. Scary stuff for a parent... even as a dream. I had to check on my kids when I got up this morning to just be sure everything was a dream!
I was reading my devotional this morning and oddly enough it went along with some of my dream. It shared of how when we (as God's children) go after things we are not suppose to have, how that can lead us astray. In my own life I have chased after wealth, or opportunities, and even people, trying to satisfy something deeper within me. Only to discover that those things, or people, were not what I needed. My pursuits often led me away from my heavenly Father.
My Scripture reading took me to Isaiah 53 which foretold the coming of Christ. When I read it this morning, in light of my dream last night, I see God going through extremes to reach His children. Verse 1 states "to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Again, When I read this I see God ever reaching out to rescue each of us.