One thing I have been learning about dreams, or a vision if you will, is that you don't really get to own the dream. A dream is like a gift from the God, or the creator. The dream is not really yours, but His. You don't really own it, you just manage it on the creators behalf.
Something strange happens when we think we own a dream. When we are deluded into thinking this is my dream, then we are responsible to "make it happen", to "push it through". As we struggle and strive to make "our" dream a reality it is easy to make mistakes of timing, mistakes in judgement, compromise...fear of failure can easily turn into paralysis of thought.After all, this is my dream and if I don't accomplish this it won't get done. Many great dreams crash on the rocks of self determinism.
However, if we were to view our dream as a God given gift, something that God wants to accomplish in our world and we are simply "managers"of that dream, it is then possible for us to adopt a whole new attitude toward our dream.
A God given dream is God's way of influencing our world through us. God has the dream, God has the plan, God has the strategy. It is up to us to learn to listen, learn to "actively "wait, pursuing opportunities but with out fear, or frantic thoughts, trusting peacefully, that the same God who gave the dream to you, will fulfill the dream through you.
There is a fine line between managing a dream and owning a dream. It's much like holding a bubble in your outstretched hand. The second you close your fingers around the bubble it breaks. Dreams must be kept in an open hand, with fingers loose and a relaxed arm. Tension destroys, tightness stifles, a closed fist fights, an open hand receives.
At times Ifind myself wanting to close my hand around my fragile precious dream and then I am reminded of the words of the creator found in His instruction book to dream catchers..."He who began a good work in you will complete it". His dream, His problem. My role is to listen and to obey. Easier said than done.
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