He meets a guy named Ordinary who was a Nobody, lived in a land of Familiar, who had a Big Dream. He sought to pursue the Great Dream of him. The Dream Giver gave Ordinary a Big Dream and convinced him to leave his Comfort Zone. Ordinary begins to chase the Big Dream from him, besting the border thugs. Him fighting his way through the wasteland, fighting the fierce Giants on Earth. He will also learn that this modern day parable will help him begin his own daring adventure. What at first seems to be a road full of obstacles is actually a series of opportunities that will help you move towards your destiny. While Bruce Wilkinson serves as his Dream Coach, offering ideas and practical solutions.
Bruce Wilkinson is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Prayer of Jabez and Life God Rewards, as well as Secrets of the Vine, Experimenting Spiritual Breakthroughs, and many other books. He serves as president of Global Vision Resources, Ovation Productions.
Bruce Wilkinson with David and Heather Kopp guide you as your dream guide and provide practical insights and solutions: some When you just can’t seem to make it “tell it with joy”, keep going trusting, remember where Right now, Isolate yourself in the main areas where your trust in the Lord needs to grow. Ask yourself a question. What in your Dream do you doubt the Lord at this time? Install some safety nets under you to encourage and protect you when you feel like giving up the so-called Dream Giver in your life.
Surround yourself with friends who will help you in the Wasteland experiences. Increase the amount of time you spend with the Dream Giver Spend more time than usual reading and studying the Bible. Focus on Exodus, Joshua, and Psalms. You’ll be surprised how often you’ll find the answer you’re looking for. Ask the Lord for the wisdom he promised to give to all who ask in faith. Pray for what worries you most. And keep a spiritual journey and keep them through the Wasteland seasons. Solve your questions, emotions and points of view on paper with Dream Giver. Install deep in your heart the commitment that you will not back down, no matter how long, difficult, or painful the road through the desert. Hold fast to this key truth: “Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone turns back, my soul is not pleased with him.”
In these present times, this parable will help you begin to have enough courage to pursue your destiny. Remember to trust and believe in the Lord Jesus. and pray and ask him for wisdom. You will learn how Ordinary goes after his Big Dream by breaking the limits of his Border Bullies called Nobodies. Which they were, his Mother, his Uncle, his Best Friend and the Owner of Familiar who decided what was right for the Nobodies, Possessing every inch of the land, even the bridge Ordinary needed to cross from Familiar to pursue his Dream. . The owner of Familiar told Ordinario that he was denying him access to the bridge. Ordinary replied: “but why?” The landlord said that because he needed all the Nobodies to stay in Familiar on his regular job: “I won’t lose any more Nobodies to this dumb Dreaming idea. I won’t let go!”
Shaking out of their Comfort Zone, they knew they had something to lose, if Ordinary went ahead. In the mist of all this, Ordinario meets Champion who brought him these things. Ordinary wanted to know how he could get them on his side and Champion told him that maybe he couldn’t, but wisdom is the key, trying to understand what motivates them and finding the merit of their concerns. Some Bullies you need to simply dismiss or avoid. But most borderline bullies have concerns that can help you figure out his plans. This is how Dreamers turns oppositions into opportunities. Champion gave him a word of wisdom. “Hold on to your Dream. Someday you will be Somebody. I just Know!” Champion shook Ordinary’s hand and said, “Remember when bullies try to block your way, it’s who you choose to please that matters most!”
Ordinary had a little lingering feeling that the Dream Giver gave him and persuaded Ordinary to leave the Land of Familiar to pursue his Big Dream. And with that little lingering feeling that grew and grew, he began to want it. Time passed, one morning Ordinary woke up with the word resounding in his head: What you lack, you already have. Could be? He discovered that in a small corner of his heart lay a Great Dream. The Dream told him that he was a Nobody created to be a Someone and destined to achieve Great Things. Ordinary jumped out of bed discovered something else. A long white feather resting on his windowsill and he thought where did he come from? What did it mean? With the lingering feeling of Ordinary, he was so excited that he decided that he had a visit from the Dream Giver. Ordinary heard rumors of Nobodies in Familiar waking up to a Great Dream. But he never imagined that it would happen to him.
She hurried to dress, her big Dream pounding hard in her chest. She couldn’t wait to get to his regular job and tell his best friend the news. Ordinary realized that he had a problem. His Big Dream was too big for a Nobody like Ordinary. He would be embarrassed to tell anyone. Even his best friend would laugh. Still, Ordinary was too excited to keep his Dream to himself. As soon as he saw Best Friend, he snapped, “The Dream Giver gave me dreams! I was made to be Somebody and destined to achieve great things!” Best Friend looked surprised, but he didn’t laugh and said, “That’s big, but if I were you, I wouldn’t talk too much about this dream of yours. No one around here would take you for a fool.” After that, Ordinary would keep the Dream for himself. Day after Ordinary day he showed up at his Regular Work. But while he worked he thought about the dream of him. He thought about what it would be like to do what he loved instead of just dreaming about it. His ordinary longing for the Big Dream grew and grew, until he finally realized that he would never be happy unless he could pursue it.
Time passed, but nothing changed. Ordinary began to hate his usual job. This is not what I was made for, he told himself. I just knew it! After a while, he began to worry that he might not have received a Big Dream after all. He maybe he had made it all up. And he got sadder by the day. One afternoon, after work, Ordinario went to see his parents to see the box. But his box was broken, so the house was very quiet. Even calmer because his mother was shopping at Familiar Foods. In the Stillness, Ordinary began to think of his Dream again. He looked at his father sitting in his recliner, looking at a single page of Nobody’s News. He maybe he could help. “Father,” Ordinario said, “I’m getting sadder, I don’t like my regular job anymore. In fact, I think I hate it.” Father looked up. “That’s terrible!, said he. “What happened. Before he could stop himself, Ordinary started talking about the Dream Giver and his Big Dream.
“I was made Someone and I accomplished Great Things!” he said. And then he told his Father the Name of his Dream. As he spoke Ordinary, his voice trembled. He was sure that his father would laugh or call him a fool. But he did not. “I’m not surprised to hear you say these things.” he said. Ordinary was surprised. Ordinario began to tell him that he had that dream since he was little. he said, “Don’t you remember?” You used to build that same dream with sticks and mud in front of the house.” Then Ordinary did remember. He had always had his Dream! It was what he had always wanted to do, and what he had always thought he would do. He would be good at doing it His eyes filled with tears. “Father, he said, I think I was born to do this.” Ordinary and his father sat down and his father seemed to remember something and asked after a while: “When you woke up with your Big Dream, son, did you find a feather?” Ordinary was surprised, “How did you know?” He asked.
His Father began to tell him, “A long time ago, I also woke up with a Dream”, “And it came with a long white feather. It was a wonderful Dream. I left the feather on my windowsill while I waited for an opportunity to chase it. I waited. and I waited. But it never seemed possible. One day I noticed that the feather had turned to dust.” Ordinario was saddened by all the words he heard that night. His father hugged him. He said, “Don’t make the same mistake he did, son,” he said. “You don’t have to stay a nobody. You can be a dreamer!”
When Ordinary got home, he went straight to the window and picked up the long white feather. He turned it over and looked carefully at it in his hands. He thought of the Dream of the Father that he left behind. Then he had an amazing idea. Could it be that perhaps the Dream Giver gave every Nobody a Dream, but only some embraced his dreams? And a few less persecuted them? The more he thought about it, the more he thought it had to be true. One thing Ordinary knew for sure, he didn’t want to repeat his Father’s mistake. He wouldn’t waste another day waiting for his Dream to seem possible. He would find a way to chase him.
Timed Pass Ordinary worked hard on his plan to start his Dream. She made choices. He made difficult changes. He even made great sacrifices. Finally, one morning, she was there. Ordinary ran all the way to his usual job, his dream was beating in his chest. As soon as he saw Best Friend, Ordinary blurted out the news: “That big dream I told you about, I’ve decided to chase it!” Best Friend looks worried. “You know as well as I that the Nobodies who pursue their Dreams leave Familiar,” he said. They set off like mad into the Unknown, in search of a place where…
“Yeah, yeah, I know,” Ordinary interrupted, and I can’t wait to get started! But Ordinary, that journey is anything but sensible or safe. Why leave Family? It’s so comfortable here. And besides, you’ve always lived here. “I thought about all that too,” Ordinario said, “but my Dream is too important and wonderful to lose.” Best Friend shook his head. “So you’re going to become a Dreamer,” he said. “I am a Dreamer!” replied Ordinary. “Today I am going to tell my boss that by leaving my regular job, I will start my journey tomorrow. Hello, best friend,” Ordinary added enthusiastically, “you can have my recliner and box!” And with that, Ordinary walked away, humming a tune he’d never heard before.
Ordinary couldn’t wait to gift his best friend his recliner and the box it had, and he left singing a tune he had never heard before. Ordinary leaving his Boss and his Regular Job to start his journey. Ordinary’s best friend couldn’t believe that Ordinary was going to be a dream. Ordinary knowing in his heart that he was a Dreamer. Best Friend knowing that Ordinary lived in the Land of the Familiar, he didn’t like the sound of Ordinary chasing his Dream. He thought that the Nobodies never leave the Land of the Familiar to pursue his Dreams and plunge like fools into the Unknown. Ordinary thought about what Best Friend said, but decided to pursue the Dream of him anyway. He made sacrifices, he made tough decisions. Time passed, Ordinary worked hard to pursue the great Dream of him.
