TAKING THE INITIATIVE AGAINST DAYDREAMING
"Arise, let us go from here" (John 14:31).
Daydreaming
about something in order to do it properly is right, but daydreaming
about it when we should be doing it is wrong. In this passage, after
having said these wonderful things to His disciples, we might have
expected our Lord to tell them to go away and meditate over them all.
But Jesus never allowed idle daydreaming. When our purpose is to seek
God and to discover His will for us, daydreaming is right and
acceptable. But our inclination is to spend time daydreaming over what
we have already been told to do, it is unacceptable and God's blessing
is never on it. God will take the initiative against this kind of
daydreaming by prodding us to action. His instructions to us will be
along the line of this; "Don't sit or stand there, just go!"
If
we are quietly waiting before God after He has said to us, "Come aside
by yourselves..." then that is meditation before Him to seek His will
(Mark 6:31). Beware, however, of giving in to mere daydreaming once God
has spoken. Allow Him to be the source of all your dreams, joys, and
delights, and be careful to go and obey what He has said. If you are in
love with someone, you don't sit and daydream about that person all the
time- you go and do something for him. That is what Jesus Christ
expects us to do. Daydreaming after God has spoken is an indication
that we do not trust Him.
[from "My Utmost for His Highest" Oswald Chambers]