What Vision and Purpose Are Laid Out for Your Life?

One characteristic unique to each person is the capacity to hope for a contented future. This hope gave birth to the discovery and growth of our own nation. Proverbs 29:18 issues this warning: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

Lewis Johnson offers this advice: “The idea is to seek a vision that gives you purpose in life plus energy for implementing the vision. Having a vision implies taking action, or the vision will sink back into nothingness.” David believed God had a purpose for his life and had saved him for that purpose.

David had an opportunity to kill Saul, but he refused to do it, for that would negate God’s purpose and timetable. David’s strategy for managing trouble was to listen to his conscience while believing God would provide guidance for the future. 

When your conscience is enlightened by the Holy Spirit, God can bring to fruition his purpose as well as your hopes and dreams. Believe that!                    

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In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.

~Matthew 5:16 Good News Bible

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Activating a New Vision

The opportunity for a new beginning surfaces occasionally, but being prepared for it is a different matter. The Hebrew people pleaded with God to free them from the slavery they’d endured for centuries. However, preparation for the freedom God intended involved more than they had imagined.

In every opportunity it’s the unexpected problems that become a hindrance to success. Complications can originate from without or from within, and they can be real or imagined. Pharoah hardened his heart against the Hebrew people as well as God’s plan because these people provided labor for building what his architects had designed. Pharaoh believed his power exceeded God’s plan and purpose.

The Lord makes it possible to leave behind what no longer fits into his plan for us. He gives us faith to activate a new vision as we become receptive to his guidance and provision. Ask God to prepare you for whatever each new day may present. He will never ask you to do what’s impossible.

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When there’s no vision, the people get out of control, but whoever obeys instruction is happy.

~Proverbs 29:18 Common English Bible

 It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.

~Ephesians 1:11-12 The Message

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