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Dear Ma, I hope this will help. It is a poem that I wrote a day before you posted your question.

Ship sink
Hope fades
Visions blur
but your love remains ever constant
Lord take me to where I belong
Let my purpose in life be fulfilled
It is the cry of my heart to be what you want me to be
To love you Lord like you do.

Hope you'll be blessed by this
God bless
shalom

\\\" BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS, BECAUSE YOU WILL LEAD THESE PEOPLE TO INHERIT THE LAND I SWORE TO THEIR FOREFATHERS TO GIVE THEM\\\"
Joshua 1:6
this is what the Lord is telling us!! even though the fear of failing is there, as long as you have the Lord by your side just go ahead and do what you have to do! think of Moses and pharao..

What would you do if you didn't have the fear of failing? well... from my view, my dreams would look overly exaggerative and unrealistic to anyone who gets to know about them. They wouldn't make sense to any one but only me. Now,... whether they come to pass or not would depend if it's the will of God for me and the determination and commitment I dedicate to the dream. I don't fear about failure, right? So, why shoudn't I think anything is possible to achieve? The dream will certainly not come to pass if it is not the will of God for me or I am not determined and committed to it. Psalm 37: 23 says: "The steps of a righteous man are ordered by the Lord. Though he stumbles, he will not fall. For the Lord upholds him with His hand. (Please read Psalm 37 if you haven't). God will give us the grace to accomplish our dreams and what We want to do for him only if it is his will, and it is not self-centered. Mind you, even what we want to do for God might not be want He is requiring from us. Might be that even when you've been able to minister to the whole city of Seattle in songs and preaching, many will start praising you instead of God. Remember He doesn't share his glory!!

I believe that MA didn't just ask this question for his/herself but for us to have a chain reaction of meditation and rumination on this subject.When we give our lives to christ,old things are passed away,all things become new.Our ambitions prior to salvation becomes obsolete not minding how good they look,now it is no longer about me but about him.I am bought with a price,i am no longer my own.Shalom,i believe understanding this is important,we will cease from our struggle and strive to fulfill destiny but to follow the master.I have never heard of a slave that have an ambition apart from to do the will of his master.Jesus also said of himself that he has come to do the father's will.it is natural for human beings to want to be in control,but becoming a Christian,you lost that right,that is why he said,if you want to follow me,deny yourself,carry your cross and follow me.Deny your human capabilities,yourself,everything that Micah can put his name on,should be abandoned.Thats an impossible life,thats a life of vulnerability,a life of absolute dependency on the Holy Spirit.Have you heard of Kenneth Hagin?After 16 years of pastoring,the Lord Jesus came to him and says that his ministry starts that particular day,he was shocked and asked the Lord,"what do you mean Lord,i have been pastoring for over 16yrs" and the Lord said to him,it is not recorded in my book,i never told you to become a pastor,you chose to do that,i never asked you to do that.There were miracles,signs ,deliverances,wonders,salvations but his work was not recorded in heaven cos the Lord never commissioned it but the Lord was confirming his word thats why he saw miracles and such things.My friends,someone said that Christianity is not hard but impossible,until we come to that point that we agree that it is an impossible life to live,we will not experience the working of God in our heart.It is no longer about me and you but about him.There is this analogy i feel will explain better;if you have a massive shop,well know known and you are very ambitious and are planning to spread the coast of this shop but then it happens that you couldn't pay back your loan to the bank and they are coming to close up and take over all that belongs to you including the shop;when that is done ,you are left with nothing.A wealthy man comes,buys everything you own and with the proceed you pay the bank and that still leaves you bankrupt.But this man gives you back everything to manage for him.What happens now,do you manage it as you like as you did yours or will you manage it different as someone's.All those dreams you have when you owned it,will you still be entertaining those dreams or will you only entertain the dream of the new director.Will you plan on the financial proceeds of this business as u used to or will you leave that to the owner.My friends,you are bought with a price,you are no longer your own,nothing you have is your own,be careful that you are not caught up in mens traditions and teachings that do not have root in the word of God,may the Lord open our eyes in Jesus name,Amen.If the new shop owner wants to make use of your old dreams,he is the one that decides not the old shop owner.He has the absolute right now.

Messengermicah's comment is good and goes straight to the point, however, I believe the vision and dreams that you cultivate ae installed in you by God (prior or after conversion). Nevertheless, I believe (especially in my case) when you get to know God He shows you a clearer picture and what previously seemed faint and perphaps dirty now becomes clear and benefits the body of Christ.
In my own life, even while still in faith, I often cried because I didn't know the will of God for my life and this made me confussed and led me to take 'wrong steps'. But of recent I noticed the truth about the word of God in Prov. 3:5 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding". This made me to understand that my previous step of trying to do things my own way would never work or will lead me to self-destruction. I believe God is very protective of His children, hence He tries to direct our paths; even when we fall or have failed He tries to get a way back into our heart (note the word tries, because we have a will, he gives us the choice, He does not intrude into our space if we don't want Him there). I can truely certify to the claim that "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day" (prov. 4:18).
Lastly, the word of God tells us that Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105), which means that our lives and decisions (visions and aspiration included) are illuminated by the word of God; hence my sister take your time to know what God is saying to you, and don't be in haste in making your dreams come through, let the Holy Spirit led and direct you. Remember one wrong step taken can have a detrimental effect on your future. Therefore, as a song writer rightly says "why dont you leave your future to the one that knows the future?".

God bless you
Shalom

This is interesting.There is a huge gap b/w selfish ambition and God's eternal purpose.When we start following Jesus,it ceases to be about us but about him,We are no longer our own but we are bought with a price by the Lord Jesus,He becomes our master and we serve him.So the question of our dreams and visions,the dreams and visions we have before salvation ceases to exist no matter how humongous they are,now we take up the Lord's desire and eternal purpose,and this doesn't give us the same to do or not to do apprehension and attitude that our selfish ambitions gives us.We should beware of the flesh,it can do good things for God that will never be recorded in heaven.My brethren,if God has commanded ,who is man to stop us from stepping out,step out if he has spoken and see his hand fulfilling and confirming his word.