Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. ( Luke 18:17, KJV)
One day, I walked into the living room and saw my granddaughter sitting at a child's table, pretending she was a teacher. As I walked by her, I picked up the D volume of the Britannica Junior Encyclopedia she had on her table/desk and sat on the couch. As I thumbed through its pages, I heard her getting onto one of her imaginary students when the heading DEAM caught my eye, and I started to read. One paragraph really stood out that read: "There are two kinds of daydreams which children have but adults do not: the daydream of the imaginary playmate, and the daydream of the adopted child. A child, if he has few friends to play with, may daydream that he has a playmate. Such a child may find his imaginary friend so interesting that he spends long hours in this daydream play. Another child likes to imagine that he is "special"--that he is really a prince or princess and that his parents are king and queen. Such a child then daydreams that he has been adopted, and that his real parents are royalty."
Paul said, "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." ( Romans 8:15, KJV) The daydream of the adopted child?
Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. ( John 14:15, KJV) The daydream of the imaginary playmate?
"The daydream of the imaginery playmate", the Branch? I'm afraid not. What you have shared is that of a child who enters a dream world of kings, queens, & playmates. And you also shared of an adopted child of God who can certainly have the capacity of day-dreaming of things in Heaven or on Earth, but what takes place by the intervention of God is based only on His irrefutable Word & upon a real, non-dreaming, non-wishing experience by the one who wholly trusts in God for his salvation.
And the evidence of the Holy Spirit must always be there, whether in some outward manifestation, but more commonly an inward experience of the Life-giving Spirit Who not only changes life but also gives Divine power, wisdom, faith, joy & assurance which can never be manufactured in the flesh & mind. The one who is NOT IN Christ might indeed give a passing thought of having such things, but those who are truly IN Christ have no need for such imagination, but have taken hold by faith of things unseen & mysterious ( Hebrews 11:1), as of a real abiding experience never to be discounted or cast aside as fanciful thinking. If one has never experienced in life the workings of God in him, then yes, the imagination is indeed a fertile ground for the breeding of fanciful dreams & wishes.
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. ( Luke 18:17, KJV)
One day, I walked into the living room and saw my granddaughter sitting at a child's table, pretending she was a teacher. As I walked by her, I picked up the D volume of the Britannica Junior Encyclopedia she had on her table/desk and sat on the couch. As I thumbed through its pages, I heard her getting onto one of her imaginary students when the heading DEAM caught my eye, and I started to read. One paragraph really stood out that read: "There are two kinds of daydreams which children have but adults do not: the daydream of the imaginary playmate, and the daydream of the adopted child. A child, if he has few friends to play with, may daydream that he has a playmate. Such a child may find his imaginary friend so interesting that he spends long hours in this daydream play. Another child likes to imagine that he is "special"--that he is really a prince or princess and that his parents are king and queen. Such a child then daydreams that he has been adopted, and that his real parents are royalty."
Paul said, "For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." ( Romans 8:15, KJV) The daydream of the adopted child?
Jesus said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. ( John 14:15, KJV) The daydream of the imaginary playmate?
And the evidence of the Holy Spirit must always be there, whether in some outward manifestation, but more commonly an inward experience of the Life-giving Spirit Who not only changes life but also gives Divine power, wisdom, faith, joy & assurance which can never be manufactured in the flesh & mind. The one who is NOT IN Christ might indeed give a passing thought of having such things, but those who are truly IN Christ have no need for such imagination, but have taken hold by faith of things unseen & mysterious ( Hebrews 11:1), as of a real abiding experience never to be discounted or cast aside as fanciful thinking. If one has never experienced in life the workings of God in him, then yes, the imagination is indeed a fertile ground for the breeding of fanciful dreams & wishes.
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