KEEP YOUR DREAM ALIVE

Is there a dream in your heart that you just cannot shake? Can you see yourself doing something and you can’t get it out of your mind? God has placed specific dreams and visions inside every person. He has a plan for your life and the aspirations that you just can’t seem to get out of your heart are clues to what you were created to do. By identifying your dreams, keeping them alive and coming up with a plan to execute them, your dreams can become a reality.

When I talk about dreams, I’m not just talking about the visions you see when you go to sleep at night. While those are dreams, and God may speak to you through them, the dreams I’m referring to are those hopes, goals, ambitions, longings and aspirations in your heart. They are those series of images that continually replay in your mind about something you desire to accomplish. Your dream may be an idea for a business, a particular field you want to go into, an invention, book or avenue that utilizes your talent. Whatever your dream is, if God gave it to you, He will make a way for it to become a reality.

First Recognize that your dream will be accompanied by an image or vision inside of you that you can’t get rid of. It is important that you keep the dream before your mind at all times.

Some of the ways to keep your dream alive include thinking about it every day, writing it down in detail, cutting out pictures of things pertaining to your dream and pasting them on a board to look at, and talking about it with trusted friends. Just like the Babylonians, whatever you imagine to do will not be restrained from you. When you continually keep your dream before you, it will consume you and drive you to take action.

After you realize there is a particular dream in your heart that must become a reality, you’ve got to construct a plan to bring it to pass. Just because God gave you a dream doesn’t mean it will automatically happen; there is a part you must play in the process. Get before  God and ask Him to direct your steps. Acknowledge Him as the giver of the dream; then and ask Him to give you wisdom regarding your dream and how to accomplish it. God is faithful! When you take the time to seek Him, He will give you the steps to take that will lead you down the path of seeing your dream come to pass. The Holy Spirit is your Helper; however, you are the initiator.

You must also remember that when you have a dream, others may not support you. In fact, there will be people who will actually try to hinder you because of jealousy. It is Dr. Wale Akinyemi  who once made a statement and said that dreams have no witnesses. That means that it will be tricky for you to get people to believe in your dream but do not give up on it. Joseph  was a dreamer, yet he made the mistake of telling his brothers about his dream. As a result, they hated him and sold him into slavery. Even though they tried to stop his destiny, they weren’t able to. Joseph still found favor in the midst of his trials and eventually, the dream God placed in his heart did come to pass.

Don’t allow challenges, or the negativity of other people to stop you. Your dream will be tested.Trouble will come when you set out to fulfill your dreams but stay focused . Keep it alive for a time is coming when you dream will indeed become a reality.

No matter what happens,  keep your dream alive.I  finish with the famous words of Lupita Nyong'o    " your dreams are valid ".