I just heard a message on the significance of vision… and it really made me think. You know, sometimes I am so passive about things, and maybe I shouldn’t be? I mean, I don’t want to be an arrogant moron or anything and I want to be considerate, but I want it to be clear that I have vision for my life and I’m not just indifferent about everything.
Vision is the only sense we have that is really future oriented… think about it, we can touch things, hear things, smell things and taste things, but sight is more used to look at where we are going rather than where we are. In fact, if your sight or vision is focused on where you are and you are walking you will run into things, because you need to look ahead and see not where you are, but where you are going. All of the other senses are mostly or completely related to where you are, but vision is different! You can use it to observe where you are, but it’s much better and useful to use it to observe where you’re not, but where you are going.
I don’t want to be someone with no vision, or vision that is completely focused on the now. I want to be someone who knows where I am in life, but also knows where I’m going… even if the current answer is “where ever Jesus tells me to go next!” I think though, I have acted a little too indifferent and not really pursued what God has put in me.
I have a lot of praying to do… but that’s not all, I need to learn to step out more and be a man. There are things that I’m unsure of, but there are many that I am sure of. God isn’t much for “Maintenance Ministry”, he wants to take us to new levels…. and I know what some of you will say to me, “James, you should be content and not pursue anything new.” What does content mean to you? Which one of the servants in the parable of the talents was “content”? The one who buried his talent? I think he was foolish, and I think the others were content, but understood that God is a God of growth! And they also knew that if you put God first, He will give you the desires of your heart!! Why are people so scared of that verse? I know I used to be… I think it’s because we over think it, and it has been abused.
I have died to myself… my lazy self who wants to just find a happy
medium and stay there and be “content”. Dying to yourself, is not
dying to your dreams… it just means that you give them to Jesus. But
don’t be afraid of them if He gives them back to you ten times bigger
than you ever could have dreamed on your own… if you read your BIBLE
you will see that He often times does it. Rarely(if ever) in the Bible
does God take someone who has big dreams and says “Sorry, I have other
plans.” Usually He takes someone like Moses who says “Uh… I can’t do
it, I’m fine where I am… use my brother.” and He makes them into one of
the greatest leaders in the world. I realize I’m in a sense preaching
this to the extreme end, and I do believe that there is great
significance in things like discerning and testing spirits. I also
think that if our dreams are selfish or clearly conflict with God’s
word then things are a little different… but, I just have one question.
Do you have Vision?
-James’
