I had a
prophetic dream the other night. It is a message for some—not all.
In my
dream I had a child of someone who I had invested in spiritually for years
staying with me. After a couple days the child (probably somewhere between 6-9
years old) came up to me tugging on his diaper asking me if I was ever going to
change it. I was filled with all kinds of questions and felt as though I had
let my friend and her son down by not noticing he would need his diaper
changed. At the same time I kept thinking that I hadn’t even considered that
this child would still be in diapers. At his age he shouldn’t need someone to help
him in the very basics of growing up—to be potty-trained. He should have even
been able to help a younger brother or sister by now, but he couldn’t because
he wasn’t trained himself. Sounds like Hebrews 5.
When I
awoke I felt bad like I hadn’t done enough for my friend. Then, knowing it was
prophetic, I began to pray asking the Lord what He meant by the dream. The Lord
answered and gave me 2 Timothy 2:2, “And the things that you have heard from me
among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach
others also.” His message was not about my friend and me, it was about passing
down the value of discipleship to the next generation.
Have we
done a good job discipling others, if we have not instilled in them the same
value of making disciples who would in turn make disciples, who would in turn
make disciples…? Some have, I am sure, while others have not. This is a call from the Holy Spirit to
focus on making disciples who will reproduce disciples. It is a call to focus
on the generations to come by highlighting the necessity of 2 Timothy 2:2.
