I'm well aware that many are confusing God's calling with their own desire, I'm not excluded from the struggle myself. And being a student of the very science and art of scriptural interpretation, I have no intent nor desire to mix and mess things up.
That's why it may come as a surprise at the first glance that I'm passionately quoting this (seemingly self-gratifying teaching), so allow me to continue with a note: I strongly believe we dreamers don't simply hallucinate. We believe that special people as well as God who sends them into our lives, they can see that the "dreams" are actually thoughts, emotions, and conversations that are heavenly. Dreamers are oftentimes geniuses who are misunderstood by their families and hometowns. So, don't quit, pray & work your way up, put God and His values, love & forgiveness first and foremost, especially to those He put in opposition to us during the climb.
Quoting ..
"A life of faith.. of a 'dream' is often one lived at great risk.. often asked to decide on loyalties, passion, on concrete action.. Would he (Joseph) waste his passion on his desire? Would he save the Egyptians & his brothers who had so unjustly treated him? .. The underlying question is .. the tension of fractured family & lives. How can they witness to the world is they can't live together? .. The tension is resolved by the faith affirmation of Joseph, who credits God with being interested in their deliverence.. Perhaps the real 'blessings' is not so much the prosperity .. instead the affirmation the narrator makes about Joseph when he was in prison, 'The Lord was with Joseph..'.. will covenant people remain faithful to God's dream?"
Dr. Steven Fettke, "His Story", pg.37
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