God Himself baked the building blocks to rebuild your dream and vision.
So even if you feel like it’s too late and the train of life left you behind at the station we have great news for you in this episode. Scripture will prove to you that it’s not too late and you’re not at a loss. The vision inside of you was planted by the Almighty Planter and though it may linger, it will come to pass.
Get up and re-ignite it standing on God’s Word.
In this podcast episode and, we are going to examine some ways to awaken and empower your life dreams otherwise called life vision. We all have aspirations and desires to do and accomplish different things in life. We may train, learn, try different things using God given talents or formal training and education to get the expertise we need in order to achieve those goals. Sometimes we may even hire and pay others to help us achieve our vision.
God, has a plan for each one of us that will provide all we need to accomplish this. In this episode we will go through 5 principles we can use especially as we pray and work towards fulfillment of our vision.
I will give you principles to follow and foundation scriptures to lean on
1. Have a life vision & be focussed
What is your passion… even from childhood
Write it down, scribble even draw your ideas
Habakkuk 2:2, Proverbs 4:25
2. Knowledge is a virtue … no one has a monopoly over it
Seek wisdom
Spend it wisely like currency
Share it to expend and expand as it reaches and enriches others
Proverbs 4:2,5-7
3. Have a plan. Stay encouraged
What’s your passion
Seek God’s plan for you, he has one for everyone
Jeremiah 29:11, Philippians 4:13
4. Gather your resources
When you follow God’s plan, he will provide
Be a wise steward and trust those God sends you
2 Peter 1:13, 2 Kings 22:5-7
5. Be bold and don’t be afraid of failure
If you’re afraid of failure, how canyon handle success
Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 54:17
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Scripture references
1. Zero in on your vision / Be focussed as one eyed
Seek out your vision. Sometimes it may take time to pin it down. Keep meditating and praying on the things that bring out your passion .
When you get that seed idea, you will start to see your vision. Then write it down and run with it and do not be dissuaded or discouraged by circumstances or naysayers. You may need to eliminate some or a lot of them. Be clear eyed as Jesus said in Matthew 6:22 because it will be like a light turned on, so to speak.
Let’s look at this scripture from a different angle that you may never have considered. Imagine that you stored your treasures including your vision, heaven. When time comes to retrieve them, it will be a heavenly vision, crisp and purely Godly so how can it fail?
It will be light a light bulb turned on. Now you know the scripture origin of that saying.
Matthew 6:20-23 NLT
“Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!”
Habakkuk 2:2-3 NIV
Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation (vision ) and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation (vision ) awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.
Proverbs 4:25-27 NLT
“Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.”
2. Seek knowledge & Wisdom
Proverbs 4:2,5-8 NIV
“for I am giving you good guidance. Don’t turn away from my instructions.”
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you.”
3. Have a plan & be encouraged and stay the course
We have the assurance that we will be strengthened especially in the times of weakness or low resources. Do not compromise your integrity even under heavy temptation. Stay on God’s plan for you because he makes no errors. Look at these two scriptures bellow.
Jeremiah 29:11-12 NIV
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”
Philippians 4:13
“I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.”
4. Gather your resources
You may get an influx of resources but with most visions, it takes time; planning and development including training. When the Lord gave me the Africhrist vision, it started with a background message of believing God with an international vision way back in about 1987 on a black and white Apple Mac 128k storage. An original with Steve Jobs’ signature inside of it. That is 35 years ago and over millions of gigabytes of computing power ago. Before hard drives were invented.
I have gone through at least 50 Macs, learned coding websites, set up one of the oldest websites on the net even older than Google’s. I set up some of the original Apple podcasts over 15 years ago I think, before people even knew what a podcast is and became an Apple developer as I set up our current App.
All along God was developing the international vision of B.I.G International an acronym for Believing God Internationally. Our smart book Praying With Impact on Apple Books is sold in over 51 countries, podcasts have been downloaded in over 30 countries.
In serving God and people , a vision that cannot wait will not make it
About 25 years ago, Canadian-American missionary who spent years in Uganda, pastor Peterson visited our home in Michigan for a few days. We had many conversations but one advice that sticks out in one discussion was this: “Sam, A vision that cannot wait, will not survive”.
I don’t remember the whole conversation but that nugget of wisdom stuck in me. It taught me to be patient, listen learn and serve with out regard to reward.
The scriptures below show that God will provide resources including anointed people to assist you from every part of society, remember not to judge because God has hand picked your associates. I’ve been amazed by some of the people I’ve come accross in this journey, without even tryin!
II Peter 1:3-4 NKJV
“as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
II Kings 22:5-7 NKJV
“And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the Lord; let them give it to those who are in the house of the Lord doing the work, to repair the damages of the house— to carpenters and builders and masons—and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully.””
5. Be bold, don’t be afraid
Finally be bold, fear not and don’t worry about things like the source of financing. God has his people everywhere.
Acts of the Apostles 18:9-10 NLT
“One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t be silent! For I am with you, and no one will attack and harm you, for many people in this city belong to me.””
Isaiah 41:10 NKJV
“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’”
