Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision the people are unrestrained.
I’ve been thinking about vision a lot lately. My friend just had eye surgery, just kidding. Well, he did but that's not what this post is about. It’s been a multiple step process and
while I think God’s coverage on the topic in my life has been pretty
comprehensive I have a feeling he might surprise me with still more workings of
vision.
First step in the process was the recognition that I had
either forgotten or allowed God’s vision for my life to fade. It wasn’t that I allowed this vision to
fade on purpose or that I wanted it to fade but like all things in our fallen
world my vision, left in my fallible, human hands had a shelf life and that
shelf life was expiring. The
sickening thing is that I had deceived myself enough in life to think I was
living out my vision when in fact I was far from the vision God had called me
apart for so many years ago and has been so faithful to remind me of over and
over again. In truth just a few
weeks ago I was living out a reflection of my vision, no even a clear
reflection but the kind of reflection you see in a store window walking by, the
kind where your not even sure it was really yours but judging from past
experience you’re pretty sure it was.
The second step was God reminding me of my vision to be the
lead pastor of a church that exists to connect people to people and people to
God. In this I would be a preacher,
pastor and prophet (prophetic voice) in the lives God would bring to the
church. I am convinced now more
than ever that I was made to preach.
I was made to connect and since God has reminded me of this I have
experienced a freedom to do these things with reckless abandon and I’ve never
felt better. I know it sounds
cheesy I even sleep better at night (much to the chagrin of my wife who is left
to care for our two boys when they wake in the night because I never hear
them). I’ve told her to wake me
but she always says she just wanted me to sleep.
The third is like any other thing I get excited about I have
to share it with people. I want
everyone to know his or her vision.
It will vary from person to person because God in his wonderful grace
gives us all visions while focused around “THE” vision he gives us all “A”
vision for our lives. THE vision
is easy. It’s to love the lord
your God with all your heart, soul and strength and to love your neighbor as
yourself. “A” vision is slightly
harder and something I can’t give to you, but oh how I wish I could. I wish I could reach into the magic bag
of tricks and choose a vision for you, choose something you can really get
into, something you can surrender to.
But God will work in you in a different way because he has a process for
you to go through to bring you to the point that He wants you and it will be
such great freedom.
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I’ve often longed for a creative team. A team in which we can sit down with
some ideas and share what God has laid on my heart to bring as morning messages
and I can bounce my ideas off this team while they give their in sight and
share what God has been laying on their hearts. I’ve yet to see this longing come to fruition, or have I.
For the month of November I am titling this series Vision
Barriers. And I ask you, my wonderful creative team- what are
the things that prevent you from seeing the vision God has for you? What is the speck in your vision that
is keeping you from seeing the whole picture? What is the wall in your way keeping you from seeing God’s
vision for you? What’s keeping you
from living out your vision? If
only this was different or that were different, what is it?
Help me out creative team; I want to hear from you!
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