Dare To Dream – 6 “God's
Dream”
Read: Deuteronomy 34:1, 4-7
“Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo
from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho.
There the Lord showed him the whole land. . . . Then the Lord said to
him. “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have
let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had
said. He buried him in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to
this day no one knows where his grave is. Moses was a hundred and
twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his
strength gone.”
Mountains in Scripture usually signify
a place to get a clearer vision. As the study book tells us, Moses
received his first vision, that of the burning bush, at Mount Horeb.
His final vision, recounted in today’s Scripture passage, was at
Mount Pisgah.
This final video is set at Huffman
Prairie Flying Field, where the Wright brothers developed the world’s
first practical aircraft in 1905, two years after their successful
first mechanical flight.
(Video not available online)
Bible Study and Discussion
Consider the key questions posed near
the end of the video:
• Where in your life do you need to
go back and try again?
• Have you given everything you can?
Read Deuteronomy 34:1-7. Discuss the
following:
• What does the Scripture mean when
it says Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyes were not
weak nor his strength gone?
• Slaughter tells us that Moses was
successful because he still had a sustaining vision. What would you
say that vision was?
• Imagine being Moses and looking
back on his life, reviewing the obstacles and difficulties he had to
overcome. Now imagine looking forward across the land, which the Lord
had promised to the people, yet hearing that Moses himself would not
enter the land. How would you have responded had you been Moses?
• Slaughter observes that what our
lives come down to is one word: legacy. What was Moses’ legacy to
his
descendants? How did he ensure that the vision would be sustained
after he was gone?
Digging Deeper
• “Saints are sinners who kept on
going.” —Robert Louis Stephenson
• “It’s not that I’m smart,
it’s just that I stay at problems longer.” —Albert Einstein
Note that these quotations express the
perseverance of people who had a vision for their lives. Slaughter
names others who overcame daunting obstacles to succeed—Beethoven,
Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, James Earl Jones, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Can you name others you can think of
who have persevered to achieve, either
noteworthy or people you have known?
Think about the following:
• Mike Slaughter writes: “Here is
my philosophy of life: ready, fire, aim.” He notes that we don’t
need to have all the resources at the outset of our mission to
accomplish what God is calling us to do; the resources will be given
at the appointed time. Is this a foolhardy approach to one’s life
mission, or a wise reliance on trusting God to provide?
Building Your Life Mission
Statement: Part 6
Write a draft Mission Statement.
Keep on keeping on!
Closing Prayer
“God, I am so thankful that you
never let us go—in our distractions, in our false priorities, in
our failures. Lord, clear our vision and renew our focus. Give us the
courage to persevere. Amen.”