The Power of Vision – Part 3
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Psalms 32:8
Mother Teresa didn’t set out searching for fame; it found her. She simply went to India, found a need no one else was meeting, heard the call of God, allowed her heart to be consumed by it, and ministered to multitudes of the world’s most neglected and forgotten people in the slums of Calcutta. One of her most famous slogans was, ‘A life not lived for others is not a life at all.’ Let’s face it; much of what we do each day doesn’t seem to matter until it’s evaluated as part of a larger picture. When you take the details of any given day, drop it into the cauldron of a God-ordained vision and stir it around, suddenly there’s purpose, worth, adrenaline and the joy that comes from knowing you’re fulfilling your destiny. It’s like the difference between filling bags with dirt and building a dyke to save a town. There’s nothing glamorous about filling sandbags, but saving a town from the ravages of a flood is another matter entirely. Building a dyke gives meaning to the drudgery of shoveling dirt into sandbags. And it’s like that with your vision. Many times the everyday routine of life can feel like shoveling dirt. But take those same routines and view them through the lens of a God-given purpose, and suddenly everything looks very different. Vision brings your world into focus. It brings order and purpose out of chaos. It enables you to see everything in a fresh light. And the good news is that God is the giver of visions—so ask Him for one!
Prayer
Heavenly Father, give me vision, Your vision, for my life. In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Although I cannot go to church as I did as a child your site give me the ability to do so. I am currently re-evaluating my life of all its turns and whys? I work a non-profit that helps enpower people with disabilities whether physical, emotional, or learning seen or unseen such as mine. I am starting a pain management support group in a community where there is rampant drug abuse and so many people in pain. I often wonder why our Lord gave me a chronic pain disorder and took my dream of med school away from me and a grant to study to become a paralegal from a second accident. Perhaps I was dragged through so much and lost so much to clear my vision as to His purpose for me.
Please pray that I help and cause no harm. I have never run a support group and am not a very “touchy huggy person” I hope that my being beaten down so many times has been to lift others up. In other words, “Father please don’t let me mess up!” Amen