…I WANT TO BE READY!

So, I had this dream last night. I think I even remember as I was drifting off to sleep asking for a dream…Thank you Lord.

This is what I remember. It was my wedding day. There were people that I know from life that were there. We were at this house getting ready. But we weren’t really, really getting ready. It was more like we were supposed to be getting ready, we knew we had to get ready, everyone knew there was going to be a wedding but they just were choosing not to get ready. They were finding other things to do. I think people were coming in and out of the house acting as if they were doing things to get ready but again they really weren’t. It was all an act. Bags, things, etc were all strewn around. To say the least, this was all really bugging me. It bugged me but yet I really wasn’t doing anything about it. I was grumbling but I wasn’t telling people to get there act together! I wasn’t even ready myself! I remember thinking in my head that I hadn’t even put my make-up on yet and the wedding was in a 30 minutes! The clock was ticking but I realized no one had even given me a Bridal Shower, my hair was not done and I was not packed for my honeymoon! I don’t even know who my bridesmaids were because they weren’t around helping me get ready! Ok, I do remember Sara being around me at one point. Then, for some reason, I left the house and walked around looking for people. I think I was in my wedding dress at this point. It was really hilly and it kind of looked like we were at an amusement park (remember, this is a dream) so it was quite a trek. I’m not sure where my destination was (hopefully to my wedding, huh?!) but I saw a group of people that I knew were from home, that said hi but did not come with me. My friends’ mom (Thanks Nancy!) did ask if I needed help

As I was waking up, all I knew is that I wanted to be ready! I wanted to be ready for my wedding! I just could not get it out of my mind. I didn’t feel ready. I was thankful to know that. There was such urgency in me.

Now, although I do want to be ready for my actual wedding when that does happen here on earth, that is really not the wedding I believe my dream was alluding to. I knew right away that it was referring to my wedding with Jesus. When Jesus returns, He is not only coming back forever, He is coming back for a Bride, which is supposed to be all believers. We are going to have a wedding! (I encourage you to read Revelations 19-22, and really the whole book.)

“Let us rejoice and exult, and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb ahs come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure….” -Revelations 19:7-8

When it comes down to it, our purpose here on earth is to be made ready for our eternal life with Jesus, our Bridegroom, in Heaven. We are on earth for Him, and to tell others about Him so that they can be ready when He comes too. We are not here for ourselves. Oh, will we be ready? Will you be ready?

Sadly, I think my dream was depicting the state of believers and churches today. As a body, as a Bride, we are not ready. So many of us do not even know our identity. We are not ready because we don’t even know that there is going to be a wedding. We may know there is going to be a wedding but we don’t think its urgent. We think we have plenty of time so that we don’t really have to get ready….yet. We may not know how to get ready because we don’t take the time to find out. For me, I know that there is going to be a wedding. From this dream though I know I was not ready. Often I’m not living as the wedding being my real purpose in life. I need to not just keep it to myself but I need to tell others about the wedding and that they need to get ready. As I was typing that I had to laugh because there are so many times that I thought it would be great fun to be a wedding planner. Now with this dream, I have a whole another perspective on that! Oh, friends, get ready. Lets help each other get ready and “plan”. Lets get excited about this wedding! We all know how long people plan for their weddings here on earth. It is ridiculous the time and money that is spent on invitations, food, clothes etc, how much more time should we spend for our wedding with our Heavenly Bridegroom???

　

Now, I just couldn’t wake up out of this dream this morning. I had told my boyfriend that I would pray with him this morning at the house of prayer. So, with this dream still playing through my mind I arrived to pray. As I walked in, my boyfriend was wearing a white shirt, and black pants. I stared at him. He said he was dressed for work, but he normally doesn’t dress like that! Then, he said that he had flowers for me! As I held the flowers in front of me, I realized that in my dream that I hadn’t even had flowers and we had a good laugh! I was thankful for the laughter and I have to say I think my Father was having a good time really pushing this urgency for His wedding on me! Oh, does He have a sense of humor!

But really, get ready for your wedding.