OPEN YOUR EYES AND DREAM!
Dreams here are not the ones you have while sleeping. They are the ones you have while being awake. They keep you awake instead. I'll just start by telling you about a young boy who had eleven other brothers. He happens to be the ninth amidst them all. They were so poor that they slept on bare floor. Hardly was there sufficient to eat. You can keep imagining what a world it was for him. But anytime he lays to sleep, he sees something different. He sees himself speaking to thousands of thousands. He sees himself in his private airspace. He see himself with enough food to eat and building edifice for God. This is the story of the renowned Late Dr. Myles Munroe. He eventually died surpassing all those dreams. Dreams are powerful. An Afro-American singer, Tupac Shakur said...
"Reality is wrong, Dreams are for Real".
Do you have a dream for your life? One thing common to all is the power to dream. Infact, it is not religiously biased. Remember the men who built the Tower of Babel. They were so sure of their dreams and they kept on. God made a statement that is profound; "None of their imaginations will be withheld from them". Interestingly, dreams are for free. You don't pay a dime to get one. All you need is just your mind. Don't confuse the will of God please.
I met a bro who was drafting a powerful idea on how to organize a business better. Wow! I was amazed. But he said he doesn't think God want him do that. I took a deep breathe. Some ideas are divinely inspired (the HolySpirit advantage). Dream! The first thing is to discover your purpose. Then in accordance with your purpose, Dream! Imagine great things. Scriptures says in Ephesians 3:20, "...unto Him who is able to do what we ask or Think! In Africa, we have many askers than thinkers. We need to See Thinking as part of prayer. I don't mean worrying. When we pray for 1hour, we do the whole talking non-stop. Then we feel we've achieved. Question is, did you take a pause? Did you observe any idea in your mind while praying?
Mensah Otabil told me he was with Bishop Oyedepo at Ota. So he asked Bishop what was done in a particularly room. Bishop said with a smile; "that's my thinking room". what! A thinking room? Ordinary people don't do that. How did Pastor Eneche build the Dome which is the Largest on the earth surface, according to the engineers? He first Imagined it. God Himself practises imagination. Salvation package was first an imagination before it was played out. Stop living life casually. In the next 5years, what do you see? 10year, 20years? 30years? Heeeeey...stop saying "I would be married, with my beautiful kids in my house"
"...even the gentiles say that". (Lols). Boko Haram members would say the same thing. So, What's your Dream? Have dreams please. Lady, when he approaches you. Ask him "what's your dream? "Don't let him tell you "you don't have Faith" (that's bullying). He might even quote scriptures and say, "Even God told Abraham 'let's go', and he obeyed". Tell him, you're not Abraham or Sarah biko. Write this vison, make it plain. What is your vision? This is important because it will serve as your driving force. Brother, ask her too! If she tells you, "dear, I'm planning that we just have one kisok where we'll be selling biscuits and sheeewinggum".Ah! Brother, "ise ya". You've got lots of work to do. Roll your sleeves and start enlarging her mind. She's too small for your height. She'll pull you down. I love Fela Durotoye. He is an example of a cultivator. Tara Durotoye wasn't the woman she is now. She used to be small in thinking and life. Fela came into her life and made a difference. Fela said, "I made her the picture I saw her to be". Now she's a perfect match even fit to be a President's wife. We are not talking about another Patience J. here. (Kidding). We all know the great iconic *House of Tara* brand. So dream! Dear Lady, if your husband is a small thinker, you'll soon be in church dreaming for your pastor. Of course God has wired women to be helpers of dreams primarily. They wanna help. But you need to create the vision for them. Bro Dream! Every innovations were dreams. You think you are technologically savvy? You just wait for your grandchildren. You will be shocked how lost you'll be technological-wise. While you were sleeping from 9pm to 7am(10hours), someone was busy thinking on how to make the next product that will consume your money. The truth is that things will change. Our grandparents felt like heaven when they got their "tortoise cars" Where is it today? So dream! Dream on the kinds of Kids you wanna have. What will make them different from "as on omo wobe" or "the shakushaku kids"? Dream about their courtesy level. Dream about what culture you'll imbibe in them. Dream about the impact you wanna make. Dream about your legacy to the legacy to the world. Your company and your happy staff. Dream! dream! dream! "Fantasize" about them. Pray them! Redraft it pertime. I can't tell how much I redraft my visions in a year. I tell those close to me over and over till they are tired. And the beautiful thing is that the are consistent. They aren't different form one another... Rather, they get enlarged. That's the Spirit! And when you dream, please don't hang around pessimists. They'll always tell you it can't work. They'll be like, "Ahhhh...you want to go into poultry? Hmm it's good oh..erm. But can't you try something else? Cause fowls easily die in this community oh. I'm just telling you ni o". Ruuuuuuuunnnn from them.Never to return.
When you dream, read and fees your mind with books and Biographies of those who had achieved what you wanna achieve. Infact I wanna recommend "Ibukun Awosika's biography to those interested in the furniture business. (Or everyone). Wow! You'll be inspired. You must learn to read biographies alot. Read success stories. That's why I once said, "boredom is for those who haven't discovered purpose". See when you truly grab purpose, boredom will be bored. Infact, it will die. Ahan...how will you be bored? When you can't even explore all it takes to be what you wanna be. Oyedepo said he studied several biographies and history of top schools before launching Covenant University. This is no joke. Some people will say, I'm bored jare....i have been at home all day. Ah! I'm almost angry right now. A whole you. Bored? Lols. If you understand how small 24hours is to your lifetime and to what you need to achieve, you'll jack up. I was privileged to be at the last Youth Alive. I got there late but the ONLY word which I heard from Bishop Abioye's mouth is this... *Once you are awake from sleep, GET UP!* Chai! It was like fire in my bones. Some of us wake up and keep feeling the texture of the bedsheets. We stretch in 360° dimensions. We rehearse how best to get up from bed. For 20mins, we are still there. We close our eyes again... We fold like sharwa fish again.. We cover ourselves again with the duvet... Looks like enjoyment shey? You better stop that! Ahhh....as a youth! Wait! That's what our parents did and they didn't soar. And we wanna do the same? Never! When we die, our body will sleep forever I discovered a mystery. This body (flesh) ehn van be tricky. It knows he isn't going to heaven with us, so it always wanna make us feel weak and lazy so we just get so useless. Paul, the Apostle said...I beat(pummel, subject)my body and bring it UNDER subjection. So Dream!
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Wonderful piece bro. I learnt from this piece, esp. "Once you are awake from sleep, GET UP...
ReplyDeleteYeah. That's a very key one. Thabks!
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Was busy when it was taught on the group. I had to leave the blog opened to remind me I had to read it. Wonderful piece. Proud to meet you in my life journey.
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