I recently had a dream where I was among some of my close friends who live in Kosovo. In the dream I remember them putting a long-sleeved, winter sweater on me. Just before I awoke from the dream I knew that God had clothed me with something special for my ministry though the meaning was not yet clear.
At the time of the dream I had been feeling a little discouraged and inadequate for the work God had called me to do. When I think about building the church among a foreign people and ministering in a strange language the task often seems impossible. So in my prayers I expressed my inadequacy to the Lord, requesting that he equip me and make me adequate for my work.
It happened to be on Sunday morning when I had this particular dream. As I pondered the dream and prayed to the Lord for understanding I feel like I received my answer.
This particular Sunday morning a visiting minister had been preaching on the theme of compassion. When the minister came to the end of his message and read from Colossians 3 ‘clothe yourselves with compassion’ I said to myself, “that’s it.” The winter sweater in the dream represents compassion.”
You may be a little skeptical of my interpretation and feel I’m grasping for understanding of something that can’t be substantiated, but I know the profound impact it made on my spirit in the midst of a time of weakness. Through a dream and the help of a visiting minister the Lord strengthened my resolve, reminding me that he made me adequate by investing a measure his compassion within in my character, which became a motivating force for my ministry among the Albanian and Gypsy people in Kosovo.
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