What a day for a daydream!

     Everyone needs a break from reality.  At least I do.  Maybe you do as well but simply don't know what that means?  Daydreams are important.  Benjamin dreamed and God gave him visions of being exalted over his brothers.  This was really about the 12 tribes and tribulations to come.  His brothers didn't see it that way.  When he came to visit (his father's favorite), they initially planned to kill him as their resentment was so great!  They listened to Ruben and threw him into a cistern and sold him to some Egyptians passing by.  THEN they put blood on the coveted coat of many colors and told their father that he had been killed by a wild and savage animal.  Poor Benjamin!  Their fake tears were enough to convince their father who carried this loss for many years.  Daydreaming and visions are dangerous!  BUT!  God had a plan for the daydreamer.
     It sucks to be someone who has their dream taken away.  It sucks to live with condemnation and ridicule as well.  It sucks to have to live in a far away country a slave to those who exploited you.  Then, of course, it sucks to be you. It costs dearly to hold fast to your dream because it means you lose people who want you to give up your dream and remain, like them, enshrined in a public and private prison.  It's not something I would wish on someone.  However, it's something I will fight should anyone try to take away the vision God has given me for my life.  Having a dream isn't some casual event that we can go "Oh well, we can always have another dream."  NO!  Don't go there!  It's a trap!  Satan, and other well intentioned dragons, seek to steal our dreams.  Maybe you have one or two in your life?
     The solution is to be so secure in yourself  and your vision/daydream that nothing can shake it any part of your life.  While some daydreams are unrealistic (like me being a singer in a rock band) and shouldn't be pursued; others (like passing on the love of Jesus to others) need to be pursued, locked in and the program executed regardless of the opposition.  You and I are either a vision/daydream protector or we are a destructive element in tearing our or others dreams down!  Be the former.  It's the one with a promised reward.  Believe in God, believe in his vision and believe in yourself regardless of any message from the world of naysayers! There will always be people who try to take away your dream because someone took away yours.  Allowing this to happen is an individual choice.  And, it's always your choice!