THERE are many people who have given up on their dreams after hitting seemingly insurmountable hurdles.
Phillip Chidavaenzi
They failed to appreciate that every dream that one needs to have fulfilled is often fought through circumstances meant to break down the human will.
Against this backdrop, a dreamer needs to be equipped with knowledge on how to ensure that their dream does not suffer a stillbirth.
It is against this backdrop that John Museredzo penned a book titled The Dream in the Wilderness (ISBN 0 7974 5410 1) in 2012. Museredzo’s profile is solid.
He is described as a conference speaker, lecturer, life coach, consultant and pastor all rolled into one.
At face value, this qualifies him to empower people on how to safeguard their dreams and see them to finalisation even against the most overwhelming challenges imaginable.
Museredzo has authored a raft of articles on wide-ranging issues that include leadership, spiritual maturity and motivation.
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If you are one of those that have benefited from his writings, then this book will definitely be a plus for you because lean moments in life require unique leadership skills, maturity and huge dosages of motivation.
The Kwekwe-based author has to be commended for a well thought-out book jacket that demonstrates wide imagination. It is said that you don’t judge a book by its cover, but, in the same breath, that the cover goes a long way in creating first impressions.
In 11 short chapters, the author takes the reader through a number of steps to help them understand what a dream is and what to do from the moment one steps into the wilderness right through to the end.
This clearly is not an easy process and Museredzo uses the Israelites’ wilderness experiences in their sojourner to the promised land of Canaan to help the reader negotiate the process.
This is a book that will challenge you to go on an excavation exercise and exhume all the dreams you may have buried during your own wilderness experience perhaps because you felt you will never see them come to fruition.
Author and leading life coach, Rabison Shumba, admits as much in his foreword to this gem of a book: “As you open every page in this book, I urge you to revisit the dreams you have buried in the cemetery of your mind. Give those dreams another chance.” (pp11).
Strikingly, Museredzo demonstrates the importance of having a love affair with your dream, serenading it, spending time with it, if you are to eventually see it come to pass.
“Once you connect with your dream, you can establish an emotional bond with it. Have time with your dream, reflect on it and love it. Be committed to your dream and communicate with it to bring it to reality,” he writes on page 21.
The author, interestingly, reveals how prayer plays a crucial role and works as a conveyor belt that moves the dream from your heart to physical reality.
Failure to catch this revelation has seen many people, including believers, burying their dreams one after another until they started believing that there was a curse hanging over their lives like a sword.
The wilderness is designed for a specific purpose in the dreamer’s life. It is a learning curve during which the dreamer is strengthened and allowed an opportunity to grow.
Museredzo describes it as “a training ground of humility” (pp34) whose severity works as a sharp knife that cuts down pride. We are made to understand that it is while you are going through the wilderness that your allegiance to your dream is tested and your motives go through the litmus test.
When the going gets tough in the wilderness, Museredzo challenges the dreamer to pray for a revival.
He also underscores the significance of mentorship where those who have walked the same road can show you the ropes and teach how to remain afloat when the waves rise.
The temptation to quit during the wilderness moments is high, just like how the children of Israel started longing for the garlic of Egypt while on their way to Canaan and accused Moses of leading them to “die” in the wilderness.
How then, does one deal with such lean moments in the wilderness? Museredzo writes: “The length the dream spends in the wilderness depends on two major components which are: the dimension of your dream and your response to your wilderness . . .” (pp66).
The author uses simple, straight–forward language that makes it easy for the reader to grasp the concepts that he shares. Feedback: [email protected]
