Jesus Dreamt

JESUS DREAMT

Those who believe and is baptized will be saved.
Jesus (Mark 16: 16a)

Future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt.

Jesus had dreams. He had great dreams about himself, his Father and the world around his and called it as the kingdom of God. His dreams were positive and big enough to inspire himself and others. The power of his dreams helped him to climb even up to the Calvary passionately. He believed in the beauty of those dreams. So he said: Those who believe and baptized will be saved. (Mk 16:16a)

Call to baptism is an invitation to participate in the great dreams of Jesus. It is a call to have dreams in one’s life. One who is baptized is the one who shares the great dream of Jesus- the kingdom of God. Jesus wanted his followers to dream along with him. This is because; he was very much convinced about the power of positive dreams. Dreams always precede reality. Yesterdays’ dreams are today’s reality and today’s dreams will be the future of humanity.

The dreams Jesus intended here are not what one experience in sleep or in daydreaming. They are of different stuff.

Jesus, the Positive Guru

Positive attitude of Jesus

When we see a glass with water up to its half level we can perceive it into two ways: ‘a half empty glass’ or ‘ a half filled glass’. A man with the positive attitude perceives it as half filled glass. Jesus always had a positive attitude. So he watched a widow putting two copper coins into the treasury and recognized it as the greatest of all contributions. (Luke. 21:1-4)

Positive vision of Jesus

Jesus had a positive vision for him God appeared as a compassionate and forgiving father who can embrace a prodigal son (Luke 15:11-24) or could leave his 99 sheep for the sake of a lost one (Luke 15: 1-10). Being the children of same, one, compassionate god he realized the bond of brotherhood between all human beings in a very special way.

Positive action of Jesus

He opted only positive actions. He not only preached to love enemies (Matthew 5:43) and to show the next cheek to those who strike on one but also practiced it in his life by forgiving his enemies on the cross and praying for them. (Luke 23:4)

This is the good news Jesus suggested to his disciples: positive attitude, positive vision and positive action. And he commissioned: “Go into all the world and proclaim Good news to the whole creation.” (Mark 16:5)