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About the Book
What happens when you have a dream but cannot see how to get there?
What do you do when the journey feels slower than expected, when your plans do not seem to be working, or when the distance between where you are and where you believe God is taking you feels overwhelming?
Dreams & Strategies speaks directly to people living in that space—the gap between the present and the future they believe God has designed for them.
The book begins with a powerful encounter in a Nigerian restaurant outside the country. A man, exhausted by years of struggle, urges the author and his wife to remain abroad and build a new life there. His words raise a deeper question: what happens when frustration causes people to abandon the process God may be taking them through?
The book does not dismiss the genuine difficulties people face. Instead, it invites readers to look beyond circumstances and consider the deeper process through which God develops a person’s future.
The Gap Is a Process
One of the central ideas of Dreams & Strategies is that the distance between where you are now and where you believe God designed you to be is not necessarily punishment.
It can be a process.
A process of preparation.
A process of character formation.
A process of learning patience.
A process of developing strategy.
A process of learning to trust God.
The book encourages readers to understand, cooperate with and remain committed to that process rather than abandoning it simply because progress appears slow.
Biblical Stories, Personal Experience and Practical Insight
The book draws from six conversations developed from studies conducted with the author’s church family in December 2025.
These conversations explored foundational biblical stories, including the lives of:
- Noah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
The book also draws insight from the book of Ecclesiastes.
Together, these stories provide a framework for examining how dreams develop, how God works through processes and seasons, and how character and strategy can be formed before the fullness of a promise becomes visible.
A Personal Journey
The author’s own story forms an important part of the conversation.
After spending years in the banking industry with a successful career and a clear professional path, the author describes making the decision to leave banking and enter ministry after sensing God’s direction.
From the outside, the decision did not necessarily make sense.
But the author presents it as an example of what can happen when a person develops a close relationship with God and learns to recognise and respond to His direction.
This personal experience gives the book a conversational and reflective quality rather than presenting the subject as a purely theoretical discussion.
What You Will Discover
Readers will explore themes including:
- Understanding God’s process for building a future
- Discovering and pursuing God-given dreams
- The importance of patience
- Developing the character required to carry a dream
- Recognising God’s timing
- Understanding seasons of waiting
- Developing strategies for pursuing purpose
- Learning to cooperate with God’s process
- Responding to uncertainty with faith
- Obedience when God’s direction differs from conventional wisdom
- Avoiding premature abandonment of a dream
- Understanding the relationship between process and promise
- Trusting God when progress appears slow
- Finding purpose in the journey
- Moving forward without abandoning faith
Who Is This Book For?
Dreams & Strategies is particularly suited for:
- People who have a dream but lack a clear roadmap
- Young adults searching for direction and purpose
- Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
- Professionals considering major career decisions
- Christians seeking to understand God’s process in their lives
- People experiencing seasons of waiting
- Individuals who feel that their progress is slower than expected
- Emerging leaders
- People navigating major transitions
- Anyone wondering whether their opportunity has passed
- Readers seeking faith-based perspectives on purpose and destiny
For Those in the Gap
There are people who know where they are.
There are people who have a sense of where they want to go.
And then there are those living in the space between the two.
That space can be uncomfortable.
It can produce questions, doubt, frustration and impatience.
Dreams & Strategies is written for people in that space.
It offers a reminder that a dream is not always fulfilled instantly and that the journey towards a desired future can involve preparation, learning, waiting, obedience and growth.
God’s Slowness Is Not His Absence
The book presents a powerful encouragement for those who feel forgotten because their dreams are taking longer than expected:
God’s slowness is not necessarily His absence.
The journey may be developing something in you that is necessary for what you are becoming.
Instead of viewing every delay as failure, readers are encouraged to consider what God may be forming through the process.
A Journey of Faith, Strategy and Becoming
Dreams & Strategies is ultimately an invitation to remain engaged with the journey.
It encourages readers to dream, but also to develop the character and strategies required to steward those dreams.
It calls readers to listen, obey, learn, wait, prepare and continue moving forward.
Whether your dream concerns ministry, career, business, family, leadership or another area of life, this book invites you to consider not only what you are pursuing, but also who you are becoming while pursuing it.
Your Dream Is Still Being Built
If you have ever wondered what your life is for, questioned whether your opportunity has passed, or struggled to understand why your dream seems to be taking so long, Dreams & Strategies offers a conversation worth having.
The journey may not always move at the speed you expect.
But the process can still be meaningful.
Your dream may not be forgotten. The process may still be underway.
Come on the journey.
Get Your Copy
Discover a faith-based conversation about dreams, purpose, patience, strategy, obedience and the process of becoming.
Read Dreams & Strategies and explore how faith, process and intentional strategy can shape the journey towards the future you believe God has prepared for you.
Book Information
Book: Dreams & Strategies
Format: PDF
Author: Benson Akhigbe ll
Publisher: Xchange Publishing
ISBN: –978-978-64172-0-2
Language: English
Edition: Copyright © 2026
