“And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren, and they hat­ed him yet the more. And he said un­to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: (Gen­e­sis 37: 5 to 6). This dream of Joseph was one that he had while he slept. I be­lieve God re­vealed things to Joseph that would take place in his life in the fu­ture. Joseph shared the dream with his broth­ers, who asked the ques­tion, “Is it that you would have reign over us or have do­min­ion over us?” This caused his broth­ers to hate him even more. A word of coun­sel: Be very care­ful who you share things with. While some may sup­port you, oth­ers can be­come en­vi­ous and jeal­ous of the path God is tak­ing you on.

Per­mit me to share a few things that will as­sist you in ful­fill­ing your dream this year.

First­ly, we are start­ing at the place where you have al­ready mapped out what you want to ac­com­plish, or it can be sev­er­al things. Be re­al­is­tic with your dream; more im­por­tant­ly, have a plan of how you are go­ing to do it and the steps nec­es­sary. Dreams do not just hap­pen; there must be a plan of ac­tion. When we look at sal­va­tion, God had a well-or­ches­trat­ed plan, for we read in the scrip­ture Gala­tians 4:4 & 5: “But when the full­ness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made un­der the law, to re­deem them that were un­der the law, that we might re­ceive the adop­tion of sons.”

A plan is very im­por­tant in or­der to ac­com­plish your dream. Sec­ond­ly, a de­ter­mined mind­set is of great ben­e­fit be­cause, along the path of ful­fill­ing your dream, there is a great pos­si­bil­i­ty that ob­sta­cles and dis­trac­tions can show up. Ne­hemi­ah said to those who tried to stop him from bring­ing to pass what was in his heart, “I am do­ing a great work, so that I can­not come down: why should the work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you?” (Ne­hemi­ah 6:3). De­ter­mi­na­tion was in the man; he un­der­stood clear­ly what he want­ed to achieve and stayed fo­cused.

Third­ly, al­though it may be your dream, peo­ple of­ten play a part in you get­ting there. Be sen­si­tive to the peo­ple who en­ter your life, and while there may be those with the wrong mo­tives, good peo­ple can al­so come in. Take time to dis­cern good from evil. Fi­nal­ly, do not leave God out of your heart’s de­sires; spend time with Him and share with Him the di­rec­tion you are tak­ing. The psalmist wrote in Psalm 145:18: “The Lord is nigh un­to all them that call up­on him, to all that call up­on him in truth.”

God wants you to suc­ceed; fail­ure is nowhere in His plan for your life.

Have a bright and pros­per­ous New Year 2026.