They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.” (Genesis 40:8 ESV) Dreams are not fairy tales. They are wishful goals and milestones that need to be achieved. (Obviously I’m not talking about the subconscious processing going on in your neural cortex while you’re sleeping). I’m talking about the aspirations, the longings, the desires, wants and duties you have for your life. Those things that we call dreams, for some of us, are impossible alternate realities that can never come to fruition because the circumstances in our lives keep us infinitely far from them. Those are the dreams that keep us up at night, troubled, moaning, crying, longing and whimpering. It is those dreams that need to be taken to God. To have Him sort out and explain. He gave you those dreams, placed them in your heart. He also divinely intervenes on your circumstances, although it sometimes doesn’t feel like He does. God needs to give us directions or at least understanding to carry us through our circumstances. But we’d rather closet those dreams, hoping instead that one day, when our circumstances change we can take them out and be seen with them. Those dreams will die there, like miter saw you purchased to do some home renovations. The baker and cupbearer in this passage are troubled by their figurative dreams. Joseph invites them to share those with God. Likewise, our aspirations are mostly figurative until we have the opportunity set them into motion and live into its fruition. So why not allow God to interpret them for you and give you direction? Use our prayer wall to give you a head start today.