Has anybody ever had a dream shattered in their life? A new car, A job, A new house, A trip etc., you name it?
Many become frustrated WHEN THEIR DREAMS OR PLANS DON’T COME True, others become frustrated and angry with life. And in some cases, people become unbalanced mentally. We are seeing more and more of this in society today.
I have watched different documentaries about how a lot of wanders wound up in Alaska. They have wandered across the lower 48 states, and Alaska is the end of the line for them; many of them have gone through a life of broken dreams and heartaches, and some become mentally unbalanced. In certain towns in Alaska, they are on the lookout for what they call “misfits” wandering in.
As believers, many of us may not wander from town to town, but we wander in our minds. I have done this when I sought fulfillment in the physical things of this world instead of focusing on Jesus Christ.
Broken dreams are often what God uses to have us come to learn to depend on Him.
Many commit their pursuit to materialism, with little energy left to seek out God. Have any of us been there? Too many believers have drifted into this trap. But what needs to be understood is that God will fill all our needs if we will seek Him first-Matthew 6:33. But as for you, seekThe force of the Greek means: seek and keep on seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (A Faithful Version)
But if we spend all our time seeking the things of this world, we can have a fat bank account but be spiritually bankrupt. And we will get a rude awakening at the end of the road.
“No one stops to think”-Isaiah 44:19. And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?” (A Faithful Version)
There is no growth without thinking; and if we just go through life and don’t get our priorities straight, then we will suffer great loss. If we seek the goods of the world without making God our first pursuit- then we will find out at the end of the road that it was not a wise way to live; but then it may be to late. We need to stop and think, to examine what we are doing. Life is fleeing by us like a run away train; and if we are as Matthew 6:19. Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves break through and steal; (A Faithful Version) With so much of our time, then we will find out our relationship with Christ Jesus has become secondary to the trapping of a fallen world.
If we are caught up in these physical trapping, then the best thing that God can do is allow our dreams to become shattered-it is only then that we will come to see the vanity of it all. And it is only then that we will come to see our needs from Him.
God will allow us to go through this process until our broken dreams lead us to look to Him-it is then we experience the peace that He has in store for us through His Son. Until then we often seek too many other things that may not be wrong in themselves-but hinder and take up too much of our time. Time is a precious commodity, Time that could be better spent in communion with God.
I can find no better example of someone seeking other things than the example that God left us in the book of Ecclesiastes; here we see Solomon trying and experiencing just about all that a man can experience in life. Have any of us been there? He came to the point in Ecclesiastes 1:2. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” (A Faithful Version) This is because nothing has any lasting fulfillment. All the other things will fill the void for a little while, and then the emptiness will set in again. Over and over again God must allow us to go through this process of the “shattering of dreams” until we learn to seek Him as we should for the fulfillment Solomon could not find.
As God allows this process of “shattered dreams” to continue we are led to a deeper relationship with Him. We learn the only true fulfillment is through the Bread of Life.
Not in our infancy stage do we learn to abide continually in His presence, but after we have gone through a life of “shattered dreams” and much failure-then we are ready to walk with God as we should.
But we rarely understand the process when we are going through it. “Shattered dreams” are heartbreaking at times. But we need to learn to trust God and see that they are a part of His Plan. Romans 8: 28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (A Faithful Version)
We need to learn to trust in the fact that God knows what is best for us; He knows just the right trials to allow us to go through. This is one of the keys to healthy spiritual growth; and it will help us not to complain when our “dreams are shattered.”
Remember that it was the complainers that never made it into Promised Land. We need to learn to trust Him with every fiber of our being.
Philippians 1:6. Being confident of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (A Faithful Version)
Brethren, don’t let our “shattered dreams” pull us away from Christ.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron
Shattered Dreams – Ron Volk
March 20, 2026 by Shirley Gohner • Uncategorized • 0 Comments
Has anybody ever had a dream shattered in their life? A new car, A job, A new house, A trip etc., you name it?
Many become frustrated WHEN THEIR DREAMS OR PLANS DON’T COME True, others become frustrated and angry with life. And in some cases, people become unbalanced mentally. We are seeing more and more of this in society today.
I have watched different documentaries about how a lot of wanders wound up in Alaska. They have wandered across the lower 48 states, and Alaska is the end of the line for them; many of them have gone through a life of broken dreams and heartaches, and some become mentally unbalanced. In certain towns in Alaska, they are on the lookout for what they call “misfits” wandering in.
As believers, many of us may not wander from town to town, but we wander in our minds. I have done this when I sought fulfillment in the physical things of this world instead of focusing on Jesus Christ.
Broken dreams are often what God uses to have us come to learn to depend on Him.
Many commit their pursuit to materialism, with little energy left to seek out God. Have any of us been there? Too many believers have drifted into this trap. But what needs to be understood is that God will fill all our needs if we will seek Him first-Matthew 6:33. But as for you, seekThe force of the Greek means: seek and keep on seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (A Faithful Version)
But if we spend all our time seeking the things of this world, we can have a fat bank account but be spiritually bankrupt. And we will get a rude awakening at the end of the road.
“No one stops to think”-Isaiah 44:19. And none thinks within his heart, nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say, “I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten; and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?” (A Faithful Version)
There is no growth without thinking; and if we just go through life and don’t get our priorities straight, then we will suffer great loss. If we seek the goods of the world without making God our first pursuit- then we will find out at the end of the road that it was not a wise way to live; but then it may be to late. We need to stop and think, to examine what we are doing. Life is fleeing by us like a run away train; and if we are as Matthew 6:19. Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust spoil, and where thieves break through and steal; (A Faithful Version) With so much of our time, then we will find out our relationship with Christ Jesus has become secondary to the trapping of a fallen world.
If we are caught up in these physical trapping, then the best thing that God can do is allow our dreams to become shattered-it is only then that we will come to see the vanity of it all. And it is only then that we will come to see our needs from Him.
God will allow us to go through this process until our broken dreams lead us to look to Him-it is then we experience the peace that He has in store for us through His Son. Until then we often seek too many other things that may not be wrong in themselves-but hinder and take up too much of our time. Time is a precious commodity, Time that could be better spent in communion with God.
I can find no better example of someone seeking other things than the example that God left us in the book of Ecclesiastes; here we see Solomon trying and experiencing just about all that a man can experience in life. Have any of us been there? He came to the point in Ecclesiastes 1:2. “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” (A Faithful Version) This is because nothing has any lasting fulfillment. All the other things will fill the void for a little while, and then the emptiness will set in again. Over and over again God must allow us to go through this process of the “shattering of dreams” until we learn to seek Him as we should for the fulfillment Solomon could not find.
As God allows this process of “shattered dreams” to continue we are led to a deeper relationship with Him. We learn the only true fulfillment is through the Bread of Life.
Not in our infancy stage do we learn to abide continually in His presence, but after we have gone through a life of “shattered dreams” and much failure-then we are ready to walk with God as we should.
But we rarely understand the process when we are going through it. “Shattered dreams” are heartbreaking at times. But we need to learn to trust God and see that they are a part of His Plan. Romans 8: 28. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose (A Faithful Version)
We need to learn to trust in the fact that God knows what is best for us; He knows just the right trials to allow us to go through. This is one of the keys to healthy spiritual growth; and it will help us not to complain when our “dreams are shattered.”
Remember that it was the complainers that never made it into Promised Land. We need to learn to trust Him with every fiber of our being.
Philippians 1:6. Being confident of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (A Faithful Version)
Brethren, don’t let our “shattered dreams” pull us away from Christ.
Your brother in Christ,
Ron