When there is no vision

Where there is no vision, we perish – Proverbs 29:18 – 08/03/11
Everybody ends up somewhere but only a few end up somewhere on purpose. You have to have a goal, a target. Nobody leaves home without a destination.
We start our lives with a purpose – our parents had a goal for us. Then when we grow up, we start living life the way it comes, no destination. That’s why some people never finish what they have started.
A vision gives us a meaning, a reason for living.
A vision with courage to follow through increases your chances of coming to the end of life with satisfaction. You look back and can say you have succeeded.
You can say “I finished well, I made the difference.”
Without a vision you have a feeling that your life was good for nothing.
Our vision must be God’s vision. What’s God’s vision?
Jesus said: “My vision (my will) is to fulfil God’s plan.
What’s God’s plan? To have many children like His son Jesus Christ, to save the world.
Please read: John 4:34 – John 5:30 – John 6:38 and I John2:17
A vision gives us:
• passion – It shows us what is to come
• Motivation – because of what could be – a dream fulfilled.
• Direction – without vision “good things” avoids us to get “great things”. People who don’t have a vision keep changing direction. They don’t have a spiritual, relational, financial or moral compass. They make decisions that rob them of their dreams.
• Purpose – a vision gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. If you don’t show up, something important will not happen. Suddenly your life matters a lot.
In democracy every person has the right to dream his/her own dreams about the future, but at the cross, we are tied to Jesus dream. (I Corinthians 6:19-20)
Our heart is going to beat at “Jesus beat” that is fulfilling God’s plan which is having children to the Lord.
We were created to do God’s will. Ephesians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 6:15.
Your talents, experiences, opportunities aren’t to please yourselves, but to please God.
What’s our direction? Psalms 119:113
God will help you. Philippians 1:6
Let’s keep focused in the vision. Philippians 3:15