Genesis 37:5-11 (KJV)
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
\”Keep your eyes on Jesus, our leader and instructor. He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross because of the joy He knew would be His afterwards and now He sits in the place of honour by the throne of God\”. (Hebrew 12:2) TLB.
Down through the ages, dreaming dreams and visualizing the future has always been one of the attributes of great men and women.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is the perfect example of a person who kept His focus on the future He saw ahead of Him the great task He would accomplish on earth as such He endured His arrest, humiliation and death on the cross even though He had the power to prevent it all, because He knew the glorious future awaiting Him after His work on earth was done. When He was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane and one of His disciples tried to defend Him by drawing his sword, Jesus commanded him to stand down, saying in Matthew 26:53-56
26:53 Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will immediately provide Me with more than twelve legions [more than 80,000] of angels?
26:54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must come about this way?
26:55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber to capture Me? Day after day I was accustomed to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me.
26:56 But all this has taken place in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples deserted Him and, fleeing, escaped. (Amp.B)
Apostle Paul in 2nd Corinthians 4:17-18 also wrote:
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
In our bible reading today we saw how Joseph dreamt dreams and innocently publicized it to his family members, thinking being one family may help him to nurture and actualize his dreams forgotten that his dreams will only promote his personality and perhaps impact downwardly on the pride of his brethren and may also affect the essence of their leadership positions in their family hierarchy, not knowing he had exposed himself to the hatred of his brethren and by implications had became a target of several attacks and afflictions.
Do you know that most times those you share your dreams with are the ones who will truncate it or talk you into not believing on yourself. More so when the person knows the implication of you\’re realizing your dreams.
It is very important not to publicize your dreams rather keep it close to your chest and continue to visualize it until when God says it shall manifest. If Jesus had announced the glory that were to be bestowed on Him for overcoming the word of sin by accepting to die on the cross perhaps the Jews would have resorted to another way of dealing with Him to avert that glory. The same thing with Joseph had it been that his brothers knew that playing the roles they played in his life may advance the cause of his being worshipped as a king which translates to the meaning of his second dream as was narrated again to his family in Genesis 37 : 9-10 thus;
\”And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?\”
I pray that your haters may make an irretrievable mistake that may enhance or advance your promotion to your next level in Jesus Mighty name I declared 🙏
We must not allow the present situation of things in the world to becloud our vision of making advancement in life and should not hamper our Christain race.🙌 The Almighty father said
\”Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2. In My Father\’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also\”. (John 14:1-3).
We must keep this vision of the glorious future alive in our hearts and be cautious in the bid to publicize our dreams. May you be Blessed As You Read 🙏 Cheers! ✍️ Blessing I N Onugha.