Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way. – The Psalmist
I had a dream some nights ago that began on a sweet
plane. I enjoyed every twist and turn of that dream and did not want to wake
up. I wanted to see the end of it. Suddenly – as it so often happens in dreams –
my sweet dream turned to a nightmare. I found myself running helplessly from
something that scared me so much. I immediately wanted a way out of this dream.
As it happened to my sweet dream, so it often happens
to our visions and goals. Teenage Joseph dreamed of glory but found himself in
a dry well abandoned for dead. Just when he thought he was to be saved from his
ordeal he was sold into slavery and subsequently went into jail, all for crimes
he did not commit. His dream turned into a nightmare so much so that he forgot
the initial dream. Similarly young and vibrant Moses wanted to live his dream and
took steps in line with it. He soon discovered that his dream would turn into a
forty-year nightmare in the odd part of a desert.
When your dream turns to a nightmare you will be
tempted again and again to abandon ship. It will occur to you that you do not
need to carry out the work after all. The following may become friendly phrases
to you: “I have done my best,” “There is no way out of this,” “Oh, God, Please
send somebody else!” “O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me
…”
Now, let’s be frank, the world will not end if you
give up. So to be honest giving up is an option – but not your only option. If you
consider that your goals cannot be achieved only by your own abilities you will
realize that all you may need to do is keep walking on. It does not matter how
fast you are going at such times. What matters is that you stay true to the
journey. Your success journey is a long journey and if you stick to it you will
slowly but surely walk through the valley of the shadow of death and emerge victorious. 
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