Vision
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because
thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no
priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget
thy children
Hosea 4:6
(KJV)
Where there
is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Prov 29:18
(KJV)
Do you have
a vision? I mean a real burden, a life-mission from God? Two things destroy
many of God’s people: #1 lack of knowledge and #2 no vision. God means for His people,
especially His men, to be men of vision!
I won’t go
into all of them, but there are several “visions” the Lord has given me. Please
understand that I am not talking about some type of trance, although the Lord
has done something of that nature with Peter and the sheet of animals. I’m
talking about a heart-burden, a passion that is always there. Sometimes it
surfaces with intensity, but it has been planted by God within you and will not
go away.
I have a
vision to be debt free, a vision to mentor young men and pastors, a vision to
write, a vision to help people in America during a national spiral downward, a
vision for a church, and a vision for my future family. Unless you seek the
Lord, you won’t have any true knowledge or real vision. You may have “a dream,”
but “a dream” isn’t enough. You need a God-instilled, God-sustained vision.
Without it, you’ll perish. Tough times come and go, but God’s vision compels
you forward in a specific application of the Gospel.
O minister,
may you listen for the vision that God has for your life.
