Category Archives: Vision
Perspective
“So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever” 2Cor.4:18 [emphasis added].
Yesterday, we pointed out that problems attempt to press us into defeat, make us perplexed until we are depressed, and hunt us down into a dark place. But Paul gave us the secret to rising above which is to fix our gaze on God and not what we can see now. So what is the problem right now? Is it financial? It will soon be gone. Is it marital? It will soon be gone. Is it emotional? It will soon be gone. Are you having problems with raising your children? Even that will also soon Read the rest of this entry
In Your Hands
“…But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.” “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied” 2Kings 4:1-2
I want you to know without a shadow of doubt that it is your job to find that opening and to exploit it. God can help you find it but it is still your job to exploit it. We tend to think of openings and opportunities as a distant thing. “The greatest people maximize the opportunities at hand” – Anonymous. Look around you; there Read the rest of this entry
Pursue Clarity!
“If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves” Prov.29:18 [MSG, emphasis added]
Clarity is one thing but certainty is another. In fact, uncertainty is a permanent part of life. Many of us hate uncertainty but some of us have learned to grow very comfortable in an uncertain situation. Uncertain situations do not bother me rather I strive for clarity. Uncertainty never goes away. While we can afford to be uncertain, we cannot afford to be unclear. You need clarity of thought. The only thing you can be one hundred percent certain about is the Read the rest of this entry
Clear And Simple
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Prov.29:18 [KJV]
The principle of The Objective states thus: “Direct all efforts towards a clearly defined, decisive & attainable objective.” Three key things jump out immediately from this definition. Direct all efforts towards a Clearly Defined, Decisive and Attainable objective.
#3. Clearly Defined: Make the objective clear and simple. In Joshua 6:3-5, God was clear, “March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the Ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, every one straight in” [NIV]. Clearly defined! Strive for clarity. When I heard the Read the rest of this entry
All Efforts
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Prov.29:18 [KJV]
In military strategy, the principle of The Objective states thus: “Direct all efforts towards a clearly defined, decisive & attainable objective.” Three key things jump out immediately from this definition. Direct all efforts towards a Clearly Defined, Decisive and Attainable objective. So we are going to spend some time on those three things.
Picture It
“If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves” Prov.29:18 [MSG, emphasis added]
In the Book of Joshua, chapter six [please read] is the story of Israel. God had given them a clear objective to take Jericho. God said you and your fighting men should march round the city once a day for six days. On the seventh day you are to march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the horns. When you hear the priests give one long blast on the ram’s horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Heaven will hear, the angels will be Read the rest of this entry
One Vision, One Voice
“Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! Come, let us go down and confuse the people with different languages…” Gen.11:6-7
Someone says to me, how do you always know everything that happens in your office even when you are not there? It is my business to know and so my eyes [physical and spiritual] are on the business. I am always watching because that is my calling, my goal, and my objective. Sadly, there are some of us that things are Read the rest of this entry
Eyes Fixed
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?” Luke 15:4
Many of us had set goals at the beginning of the year but guess what? This is the month July already and half of the year is gone. If this year must count, we must overcome or overpower distraction. Distraction is the one thing in your life that you must be able to deal with in order to make your life count. Distraction and not Read the rest of this entry
Tell Someone Else
‘David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? …What David said was overhead and reported to Saul, and Saul sent for him’ 1 Sam.17:26 &31 [NIV]
Be a wise visionary and tell your vision to the right people. He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter, and the men answered him as before’ 1 Sam.17:30 [NIV]. Was it that David didn’t hear the first time? You meet an opposition in your vision, maybe you shared it with your brother or sister and you are discouraged. They discouraged you and you just want to sit down there? Just move on Read the rest of this entry
We Are The Church II
‘Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other’ Rom.12:4-5
Our vision in God’s Favourite House is to be filled with the life of Christ Jesus and released into our destinies, taking the world for Him. The vision of a local church is unique; there are no two churches that share the same vision really. But the mission of the church is the same regardless of its denomination. The church of Jesus has only one mission. Jesus said ‘go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit’. If you are to condense Read the rest of this entry
