Am I a schemer or a dreamer?

Genesis 12:10 reads: "You are a very beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, `This is his wife. Let's kill him; then we can have her!' But if you say you are my sister, then the Egyptians will treat me well because of their interest in you, and they will spare my life."

Jacob came by his scheming honestly:-) Abraham is working out of his old life resources. He hears the voice of God but he doesn't yet have the Moriah trust that he'll have at a later time.

I, too, sometimes forsake the dreaming for the scheming. Scheming is easier than true faith because it allows us to control our destiny rather than God. When Martin Luther stood before his accussers and said, "Here I am. I can do no more" He said goodbye to living a life of scheming.

Few believers say, "I have a dream!" Most simply whisper, "I have a scheme..."