Proverbs 29:18 – “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law.”  NASU

 

It is a firm conviction of my heart that one of the greatest needs in the Body of Christ today individually and collectively is VISION.  Please note I did not say “Have a vision” I said, “Have Vision.”  Vision is not the only ingredient needed but a very significant element in overcoming, defeating defeatism and becoming what God desires us to be.  I am convinced that with VISION comes DETERMINATION and FAITH.  It is through VISION that we become more astute and open to establishing right priorities or putting ‘first things first’ and develop personal accountability.

Sadly, without VISION we will become nothing more than notches in the world’s gun and live in the bondage of the devil’s defeatism.  I believe that Matthew 6:24-34 gives us some real insight into the great difference between the way people live ‘naturally’ and the way Jesus wants and has prepared for us to live – FREE.

As we consider this world we notice some things that easily entrap us raising the questions, “What are we willing to accept?”  “What do we desire?”  The world tends to focus on the negative.  It questions:

• What is wrong, not what is right.
• What is missing, not what is present.
• What is ugly, not what is beautiful.
• What is destructive, not what is constructive.
• What we lack, not what we have.

            Indifference is often the norm rather than abnormal and a significant portion of society and the church community want to ‘just go with the flow’ and not make waves.  Some even say, ‘What difference does it make?’  I do not want to live that way.  I want to rise as high as God will take me and live free partaking of His divine nature.

            CONSIDER – The eagle has eight times as many visual cells per cubic centimeter as the human.  An eagle flying at 600 feet can spot an object the size of a dime in six inches of grass. He can see a three inch fish jumping in a lake five miles away.  He sees what most miss!  For you and me to become all God desires we must have VISION and then must develop DETERMINATION and become totally COMMITTED.

REMEMBER – In Numbers 13 Israel had made their exodus from Egypt.  Under the leadership of Moses they had reached the edge of the Promised Land. The new territory was theirs to claim for God had promised it to them (v.2).  God basically told them, “You will have to invade and fight but the victory is guaranteed.”  In the process God instructed Moses to send out spies into the land for some recognizance.  Moses sent them (vv. 17-20) and as you read those passages you notice Moses DID NOT instruct them to come back advising as to the feasibility of invading the Promised Land.  They were gone forty days and when they returned they brought an impressive sample of the goods of the land but ten of the twelve brought a report that was VISIONLESS and filled with FEAR.  They advised that invasion was impossible.  That is not what their job was but that’s what they did.  The people’s hearts became filled with fear.  Then the report of Joshua and Caleb they focused not on what they saw but what God said.  They saw what the others missed for they had VISION. 

            Vision leaves no room for fear or intimidation but is filled with confidence and we know the story had they did occupy the land and overcome the seeming impossible obstacles.  So I ask, “What Is Your Promise or Canaan?”  What is the challenge you are facing, the giants that make you seem like a grasshopper and causes you to want to surrender?  How can you rise above it?  VISION!  In vision you gain the ability to see God’s PRESENCE, perceive God’s POWER, and focus on God’s PLAN.

May God give you vision and empower you with all you need to fulfill His purposes for your life on this day!  BLESSINGS!