“Can dreams come true?” a sermon for PENTECOST 2025 (JUNE 08)
“When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream . Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” (Ps. 126.1-2; cf. Ac. 2.11) Have you ever woken up into a dream? That’s the feeling expressed in this psalm. Perhaps it refers to the return of the people of God from exile in Babylon. The understanding was that the exile had been the result of the people’s sin (cf. Is. 40.1-2). Have you ever been so happy that all you could do was laugh? God had restored the fortunes of his people in a totally unexpected way . The appropriate response was to shout for joy! The dreamer of this psalm is laughing and cheering, and probably crying. God came through! As they say, “sometimes dreams do come true”. ...