Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

by Phil Vischer

When people of great faith in the Bible don’t know what God wants them to do, they don’t just run off and make stuff up. They wait on him.

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I think we need to focus our attention a little more on what Noah did with the first five hundred years of his life. “Well, wait—we don’t know what he did!” No, we know exactly what he did. Genesis 6:9 says, “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” What did Noah do for the first five hundred years of his life? He walked with God.

forgive me God. I have neglected the most important thing.

Week two, day four: “When God encounters His people . . . sin is exposed immediately. People cry out to God, ‘Oh God, forgive me!’ ”

My passion was shifting from impact to God.

I feel the dragon skin slowly creeping back up my legs. But even at those moments, I know that a half hour to an hour spent meditating on God’s Word and waiting on him is all it will take to set me free again.

We really shouldn’t attempt to do anything for God until we have learned to find our worth in him alone.

beware of your dreams, for dreams make dangerous friends.

dreams are, I have come to believe, misplaced longings. False lovers. Why? Because God is enough. Just God.

The God who created the universe is enough for us—even without our dreams.

God was enough for the martyrs facing lions and fire—even when the lions and the fire won.

The impact God has planned for us doesn’t occur when we’re pursuing impact. It occurs when we’re pursuing God.

God had let my dream die, not because he didn’t love me, but rather because he loved me so much—because I was actually more important to him than any “good work” I could possibly accomplish.