An African Dream and Vision ; a dream to be the first, Vision to be great and successful
JUNE 6, 2016 · FRIENDS
MORNING REFLECTION...... An African Dream and Vision ; a dream to be the first, Vision to be great and successful
Couple of decades ago, we were in elementary school, I had some mate who attends the same school with me, I can remember vividly when our teacher ask us what we would love to be when we grow up, it was quite entertaining as we all call out great professions, some said Reverend father, Doctors, Nurses, Engineer, Pharmacist, Scientist, governor, president, Soldier, etc, . Indeed it was a great and lovely day, some years later we saw our self in College level, as time goes on, many lost track of this great dreams and vision, few couldn't go on to further their Education, some have to venture into business, few lost track of it , I can remember few that became parent ; they got a teenager pregnant or got pregnant by a man and end up marrying, with kids, and have their dream and vision thwarted, they couldn't go for it again, am not pinpointing that marriage is not cool , am just saying that the dream they profess was murdered that they couldn't achieve it again, I knew friends who got pregnant in their family house, and their vision became redirected to parenting and house wife role, some even gave birth in their fathers house and lost it all, few got pregnant , went for abortion and lost their life, some became exposed to deadly infectious disease and later died of it. Some were lured by their friends and they lost the dream and vision to the extent it became diffcult to retrace their step. I knew quite a reasonable number that work against all odds and were able to fulfils their dreams today.
We all want to be great and successful, everybody want to be somebody noble , august or notorious, all human want to be famous, a poor man want to be rich , a rich man want to remain at the top of success ladder, there is plenty of room at the top but not enough room to sit down
However, history is filled with examples of people who were rich but became poor, people who were winners but later became losers, people who climbed the ladder of success and later lost their glory. They got to the apogee and relaxed , forgetting that success is more difficult to manage than failure. For instance, : When Noah had a vision he built an ark when he lost his vision , he got drunk, When Samson had a vision ; he could kill lions and demolish the city gates but when he lost his vision ; he couldn't win over Delilah , Solomon had a vision and became the wisest man in the world ; when he lost his dream ; he bowed to the idol called "Woman" . Alexander the great had a vision ; he conquered nations but when he lost his vision , he could not conquer alcohol. David had a vision, he conquered Goliath but when he lost his vision he couldn't conquer his own lust. Elijah had a vision ; he could pray down fire from heaven but when he lost that vision he ran from Jezebel. Peter had a vision he could walk above the sea, but when he lack the vision he began to sink, Ronaldiho had a vision when he was in barcelona, he can dribble and display great skill and score but when he lost the vision he began to club and pride, Jose Mourinho was focused and with vision , he led Chelsea to win three premier leagues and other titles in 110 year history of Chelsea FC but when he lost a little focus he was fired by the Chelsea board
MORAL LESSON ..... Let ponder on this
#Be vigilance in watching opportunities,fast and daring in seizing opportunities,force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible achievement , these are the martial virtues which command success... Be humble and Avoid Pride
# Discover your dream and visions
# Discover your potential dream and vision murderers or killers, if your dream had been murdered, you can bounce back like Jose mouriho
# Detach yourself from dream and vision killers and fill your self with dream and vision builders . Dream and vision builders are word of God, Holy Spirit , Jesus christ , Saint and angels in heaven, good friends , good role models. Read the bible and good inspirational books, go to church and seek for God presence in your life, make friends that have similar dreams and vision with you, avoid friends that can't help you actualize your dreams and visions. Dream and vision killers are people, materials, events, places, articles, food, thought, behaviour, mood, or anything that brings negativity to you and lead you to sin or corrupt mindset,
# Confess your sins, Submit to God, desist the devil all his manipulation and damnation, come close to God, God will come close to you
#It is dreams and visions that keep us young, Refuse to be relaxed with your present or past little victories, see greater height ahead ! , Be strong when your weak, be brave when your scared , be humble when your victorious, Be real, don't change so that people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the REAL YOU. The real you has not been discovered by the world ?. Refuse to give up, Don't allow your dream and vision to die, Don't give up, Hold that dream, pray about your life dreams now ! . Refuse to give up , find a way or make a way, if you go for an interview and your told that there is no space or vacant, tell them , you will create a space or vacant , pride they say comes before fall, no one is indispensable, the world doesn't revolve around anybody, Learn to be humble, always accept your weakness, pray ceaselessly that you will not give in to pride. A man pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honour ...Proverb 29 : 23 . Do not take the credit or the glory that belongs to God, Don't assume his place rather appreciate him for doing something good. Be thankful . Be positive all time, your a poem being written by God. You are the masterpiece , he is still painting. You are the shinning star he is preparing to show the world. Your blessed ! . Hold on to that dream and create a ministry of defence around it. You will shine !
#Culled from Our Daily Manna and Divine touch Devotional prayer
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