HIMPower Magazine May 2016 | Page 31

dream and opposition arose in the form of his brothers who sold him into slavery, but rather than kill his dreams, it led ultimately to the fulfilment of his dream. Your dreams have the power to keep you alive; Nelson Mandela survived 27 years in prison because he had a dream. Dreamers don’t die, Joseph’s brothers originally planned to kill him but the power of his dream made it impossible for that to happen and eventually they decided to sell him off thinking the dream would die little did they realize they were giving life to the dream they wanted to destroy. When you have a dream the things meant for your destruction will turn for your lifting, your failures will become the reason for your outstanding success. However, no dream is fulfilled without desperation. Life will not let you fulfil your dreams without a fight. There will always be giants in your Canaan; you must be ready to rise to the challenge. And if at first you don’t get what you want go again and again until you get it. Jacob wanted to marry Rachel and so he served his uncle Laban 7 years and at the end he was given Leah so he went another 7 years for the woman he really wanted, he paid the price and his dream was fulfilled. What is your dream? Are you willing to pay the price to get it? Jacob had another dream, that his wages would be the animals that were spotted and speckled and the same day he voiced this dream to his uncle Laban, Laban removed from the flock every animal that was ring spotted and speckled. This simply says that life will try to frustrate you on the way to achieving your dreams. Many people give up at this point but those who press on eventually get what they want because the truth is that if you don’t bow, the opposition will, if you refuse to turn back in defeat, life must hand to you what is yours. Press on, do not turn back. Quitters never win and a winner you most definitely are.  Your dreams have the power to keep you alive www.pneupathforliving.com  31