Moral Imperative I

‘For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!’ 1Cor.9:16 [NKJV]

Yesterday, we began to talk about the question of burden as it relates to qualifying a dream or an idea. Let me just reiterate this point; do not go into what you don’t have a burden for. The fact that there is insecurity in the nation does not bother some people at all. So it cannot be the vision God has given them. If you find yourself as the chief security officer of a nation and it does not bother you that people are dying, you shouldn’t have that job. Some people are not only bothered about how they are dressed, they are bothered about how other people dress. A man told  me he had noticed that for the past six weeks I had been wearing the same belt to church. I didn’t even know. He wanted to know if he should sow a belt into my life but I told him I didn’t need it because I had a couple of them. What happened is, when I’m getting dressed, I just pick a belt that matches my shoe. And it just so happens that the one I pick is the one I replace and I pick up again. That man noticed my belt, yet there are some people who will never notice such things. If you cannot even notice such things, then do not go into fashion. The key thing here is, you don’t do something you don’t have a burden for. Don’t work in a school if you don’t like children. Some people can’t stand children. A woman told me the only grace for children that she has, is for her children and she loves her children. She isn’t a bad person but she really cannot stand too many children in one place. Yet for some others, that is their zone. They thrive in such environments.

We are going through a whole process here so please pay detailed attention so we can begin to do these things. I am sure by now you have qualified a couple of visions that you can run with out of the many dreams before you. However, the fact that you have a vision does not mean it is time to run with it. You need to authenticate the vision. And the first thing you do in authenticating a vision is derived from the last thing you do in qualifying a dream. Vision by nature comes with a moral imperative. It is difficult to see someone that has a vision that is not on fire. The vision births the fire.

Prayer: Father, please give me a burden for the vision that You have given me, in Jesus Name.