Clear Vision

"Then the Lord answered me and said: Write the vision: make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it. For there is a still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay." -Habakkuk 2:2-3

"Where there is no vision the people will perish..."-Proverbs 29:18

"I don't stop until I see the end my vision clear..."-Kanye West, "Power remix"

Since the beginning of 2009, I feel like I have been wandering with no vision. Yes I finished graduate school and I experienced other accomplishments since that time but I felt like I was lost. I was mad and frustrated because everything just didn't seem right. But then something hit me one day, I was lacking vision. I was walking through the world getting things accomplished but I didn't know where I was going. Just aimlessly walking with no destination in sight. But that all changed one morning.

I began to reflect on a Habakkuk 2. The text tells us to "Write the vision. Make it plain on tablets..." We lack direction because we fail to write down the vision God has shown us. For myself, I began to realize that I felt so lost because I did not write down the vision God placed in my heart. It's like going into Wal-Mart without a list. I can go into Wal-Mart without a list and purchase many items that really don't matter and spend more money than i expected and still leave without fully my intended purpose. However, if I go to Wal-Mart with a list, something written on paper, I am focused and only get the items on the list because they are essential. Writing down the vision keeps us focused on the path where God wants us and we don't wander all over store getting items we don't need.

So let us begin to live with vision. God tells us to write this vision so we will stay focused because it may not occur immediately. However, this written vision serves as reminder of what God has already planned and that we must be patient, persevere, and praise while the vision comes to fruition at its appointed time.

This is Minister Mike and I want you to Consider This...