The Force be with you
Vision is one of the most powerful energizing forces, which initiates a drive in a person to pursue their greatest aspiration. It is the reason for perseverance, the reflection of thought, and the future realized. Vision is not hopeful thinking, but rather a preview into an unrealized reality.
Everyone has vision. Some people’s vision is simply smaller than other peoples are. Most people can only imagine having enough money to pay their bills on time and live a comfortable lifestyle. Others envision having more than just enough money to pay their bills, but they also desire to have the ability to help pay the bills of thousands of other people’s as well. Their scope is broader and they realize that they must exemplify more tenacity than the average person.
Every leader must have a clear-cut perception of where they are going so that they will not consistently lead their followers around through the wilderness of life. Your vision is where you are going, but your goals are the arterial highway on which you travel to get there. What does vision look like? Well, one thing is certain about vision, is that it takes the shape of a person’s thoughts.
Vision can be a building, a business franchise, a car, a jet plane, a university, a man landing on the moon, etc. When you see vision, it speaks loud and clear. It demands that those who view it respect it. Vision stands out and never blends in. When a spectator views a real vision, it is understood that the cost of it is more than most people are willing to pay.
The beauty of vision is when you begin to see it take shape as it is forming from the ashes of thought into the reality of substance. I have never seen nor heard of a vision ever being realized in a matter of a week, month, or even a year. Vision can take years to move beyond its infancy. Nevertheless, when a vision is pursued, goals are established and time is the process that incubates it. The Bible says in Habakkuk 2:3 (NKJV)
“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.”
Make sure that you see your vision all the way through because it will not only benefit you, but others as well.
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That scripture was in one of my recent morning devotionals. I understand that very well. This vision that was given to me a very long time ago. Every step that I have taken up to now, some have been guided by the Lord and others I was just going on my own. I know that the vision itself is just the tip of the iceberg and that situations that have lead me to CJC is part of getting me to another part of the vision. I have been praying lately about putting me in contact with those who will be part of the ministry. I have also begun to ask the the Lord to “Oh that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be upon me and that You would keep me from evil.” that I might not cause pain.I Chronicles 4:9. I want Him to use me in any area that I am needed because I know that this will be a part of the vision,calling and plan for my life.
This really opens my eyes to see where I am at and am I really living the vision God has for my life. Sometimes it seems like I am off and other times it seems like I am on track. I love how you mentioned in this statement below along with the WORD:
Nevertheless, when a vision is pursued, goals are established and time is the process that incubates it. The Bible says in Habakkuk 2:3 (NKJV) “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.”
This really brings clarity to what I needed to understand about God’s vision for my life. I need to learn how to wait and not to tarry.