The Dream Killers That Can Kill Your Dreams – PART 2 OF 2

Copyright: Ope Banwo, 'The Wealth Apostle'
www.omegasuperprofits.com

This is the concluding part of a 2-part article. In the preceding article, we discussed the first 3 potential dream killers. The last dream killer is discussed in this article

Potential Dream Killer #4:Your Self: Dealing with your Fear, Failure, Frustration and Fatigue

Do not underrate yourself as your own most dangerous dream killer. Too often, dreams of enterprise have died because the dreamer allowed himself to succumb to the dreaded elements of fear, failure, frustration and fatigue.

Fear is a dangerous dream-killer.
The Israelites allowed their dream of a promise land to die in the desert because they gave in to fear. After surveying the Promised Land in Numbers chapter 13, they all agreed that the land was exactly as God promised them and that the land did indeed flow with milk and honey, but they chose to give in to fear of the inhabitants. As the far took root in their psyche they rebelled against God and his messenger, Moses. They were ready to go back to Egypt where they had just been freed from over 400 yeas of slavery. Fear caused them to prefer to go back to the status quo of servitude in a foreign land rather than risking going forward to possess their possession. This attitude provoked God to the point where He had to destroy the whole generation, save for two people, in the desert.

Fear is a very real dream killer and it rears its ugly head in many forms. It could be fear of failure, fear of the effort required for success, fear of your competitors or fear of leaving the comfortable for the unknown. Fear will always rear its head when you try to do something new and unique. The trick is never to give in to it. Your trust in the Lord and His provisions must be allowed to bury that fear. Many other more than in any other area, the believer will be tested on his claims on being able to overcome all things through Christ who strengthens him. Many would-be kingdompreneurs never make into the promised land of owning their own businesses because of the dream killer called ‘fear’.

In contrast to the Israelites, Jesus felt fear and dread for the coming tribulation in the Garden of Gethsemane, but he moved on to complete the vision anyway because he trusted in the One who sent him on the assignment. How well you trust God to provide for your dream will certainly be tested when the action starts. You can count on it because the devil will not let that opportunity to test your resolve and trust in the Lord pass without challenge.

Failure is an dangerous Dream-Killer
Your experience with failure is also another potential personal dream killer. There are no spectacular winners who have not lost been spectacular losers at some point in their careers. The difference between the ones whose dream died and the ones who made it big in the business world is their approach to failure. When you allow yourself to be overwhelmed by failure in your quest to be a Kingdompreneur, your dream may get killed without any help from satan.

Failure is never final until you choose to accept it as final. Joshua is known as a great warrior who conquered the promised land for Israel but he had his share of failure. He just did not allow the fear to keep him from his kingdom assignment permanently. Abraham was a great Kingdompreneur but he also had his share of failures along the way but he never allowed the failures to keep him from his destiny. So did Moses, David, Gideon and all the other great achievers mentioned in the hall of faith of the bible in Hebrew 11.

It is inevitable that you will experience some failure and some disappointments as you make your transition into the ranks of the kingdompreneurs. You must be careful not to allow your little failures to kill the big dream.

Frustration is an dangerous Dream Killer
As you move on, some things may not move at the pace you expect it to. The sources of finance and marketing prospects you were promised before you stepped out may be slow in coming in. The profits or breakthroughs may not follow your carefully prepared and tested business plan. Frustration will rear its ugly head at some point. Frustration is part of the business world. Do not allow it to kill your dream. You must be optimistic that God will come through for you and make a way where there is not way.

Even when things look bleak, do not allow the spirit of frustration to win. When it looks like it will take forever for the breakthrough to come, hang in there and keep hope alive. Our ability to hope for the best when things look bleak is what separates us from the believer. As long as we are doing things in the will of God we must continue to believe that help is on the way. After all, "all things work together for good of them that are called according to his purpose”, and you must keep in mind that “He who comes to God must believe that he exists and that he is a diligent rewarder of those that seek him.” .”

Fatigue is a dangerous Dream-Killer
Fatigue has played its fair share in destroying dreams of many would-be kingdompreneurs. Sometimes we just get too tired to sustain our desire or be creative. As humans, we sometimes just get tired and give up on the dream. Satan our adversary is aware of the destructive power of fatigue and he generally makes his appearance at such times to give us dream-killing suggestions. You must be vigilant. You are at your weakest mental and spiritual point when you are physically tired. Do not let fatigue kill your dream at a low point in your life or business.

Be sure to watch against burn-out. Do not overlook or neglect the benefits of exercise and relaxation. Sometimes we get too caught up in working so hard to make things happen that we allow ourselves to get fatigued to the point where the devil can get an in-road into our minds to kill the dream.

Elijah basically resigned his ministry because he was tired and fatigued. He had spent the whole day on Mount Carmel dueling with the prophets of Baal. He had single-handedly killed hundreds of prophets of Baal after he won the contest. It must have been a physically and spiritually draining exercise. Next morning, here comes Jezebel with threats to put him to death by sundown. Elijah was so physically drained, emotionally exhausted and spiritually fagged out that this empty threat caused him to run into a cave. He was so tired he believed he could not go on anymore with the mission of revival he just started. He even asked God to kill him because he now believed he was alone and could no longer press on with God’s inspired assault on the false.

This was the beginning of the end of Elijah’s ministry. After God has fed him, he then showed him that there are other faithful prophets around who can carry on the battle. God essentially accepted his resignation and gave him instructions on anointing a new king and a successor and then made arrangements to bring him to heaven by chariot of fire. If only Elijah had not been so tired and drained, he would have realized how empty the threat from Jezebel was. After all, he had just killed all the prophets that formed the back bone of Jezebel’s power and sorcery. I mean, these were the same medicine men that were providing Jezebel with spiritual powers and he had just killed all of them. Why then was he afraid of Jezebel who had no prophets to help her? He was fatigued.

You must be careful not to make a major decision when you are tired or fatigued. D o not resign or pack it in a moment of burn-out. Never decide to quit when you are tired. Anytime you are tempted to bury the dream, learn to Step away from it all for a while and consider your options and the implications of your decisions before you commit to them. Sometimes it is amazing how much better things can look after a good night’s rest. Watch out for the dream killed named fatigue!

Thats it folks. Dont allow anything to stand between you and your dream! Go right now and become all that you have dreamed to be.

Ope Banwo
'the Wealth Apostle'
...Helping you Build Legacy Wealth, One Opportunity At A Time
www.omegasuperprofits.com

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