What's Your Vision

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Do you have a vision?  

What are you passionate about?  

What is your all-consuming desire?

What do “feel” deep in your heart that God has called and gifted you to do?

(Yes, when your vision is truly of God, you will “feel” it.")

Habakkuk 2:2

Then the Lord answered me and said:

“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it."

                                                           

Habakkuk 2:3 

"For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,  It will not tarry."

..... “it will surely come.”  

God will not only reveal our destiny, if we are listening and obeying Him, but God will also open doors, provide resources and give you opportunities to fulfill your vision.  Actually, as our Pastor reminded us this morning, God doesn't really open doors.....He "is" The Door.  (John 10:9)  Once God gets your attention and you “find” your God-given purpose, understand that you will not always get things right.  But, when we are in line with Christ, He has already given us the power to overcome obstacles. Isn't this encouraging?  Should you ever find yourself off track, make the corrections, redirect and get back on the track and “follow it”.

                                                            

Philippians 3:13-14

The above scripture in Habakkuk 2:2 said to "write the vision and make it plain….that he may run who reads it.” 

Run?   Yes – this means to take decisive action.  Write the vision and understand it, then make an action plan.

Did you write your vision down? 

Are you reading and re-reading it on a every day?

When you wrote down your vision, did you indicate the reason you wanted to "fulfill" it?  

Talk about your vision often.  Stay in prayer!  God may even add to it and you will notice the momentum being generated. 

                                                       

“Following” your vision requires consistent prayer, reading God’s Word, personal discipline, energy and resources.  Remain focused and avoid distractions. 

Be encouraged! 

Stop listening to voices that discourage you.  Will yielding to the call of God upon your life always be easy?  Absolutely not.  However, it will always be a blessing to others and have eternal rewards.  

Hebrews 12:1-3

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and [finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls."

John 12:24

" Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds."

 God is not finished with you!

                            

What’s God’s plan for you?

Continue to Seek Him 

and then Submit to His guidance.

Write the vision in a clear and specific way.

Make a plan to achieve it, then humbly and patiently- wait in faith, "believing" for it to come to pass. 

                                                                                            

Proverbs 29:18  says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish!" Another version says, "When the people have no vision, they run aimlessly!"