Correction: I typed a mistake on yesterday’s Daily Treat, THE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED. Henri Nouwen and Cardinal Joseph Bernardin both died in 1996. My typo had them dying 30 years earlier. At 64 and 68 years of age, they both died way too young!

The sales manager of a large real estate firm was interviewing an applicant for a sales job. “Why have you chosen this career?” he asked.

“I dream of making a million dollars in real estate, like my father,” the young man replied.

“Your father made a million dollars in real estate?” asked the impressed sales manager.

“No,” replied the young man, “but he always dreamed of it.”

Have you ever noticed that the Bible never mentions the dreams of the apostles? It doesn’t even mention the ideas of the apostles. However, it devotes an entire book to the “Acts of the Apostles.”

Thanks to Chane M. Hutton

My Commentary:

This story humorously contrasts dreaming with doing — but its message is deeply spiritual.

The young man admired his father’s dreams, yet neither had acted on them. The sales manager’s question exposes a truth that applies beyond business: success, whether material or spiritual, requires more than imagination — it requires initiative.

That’s why Scripture emphasizes not the dreams or ideas of the apostles, but their acts.

 Faith without works, as James wrote, “is dead.” The apostles didn’t merely hope to spread the Gospel. They stepped into the world, endured hardship, and transformed lives through action.

The lesson is timeless: God blesses movement, not mere intention. Dreams may inspire, but only deeds fulfill the divine purpose. It’s not what we wish to do for God that matters most — it’s what we actually do.

Do YOU often substitute DREAMING with DOING? I confess that I do all too often!!

MANY FOLKS WANT TO SERVE GOD, BUT ONLY AS AN ADVISOR!