Breaking forth into your destiny…….
Breaking
forth into your destiny begins with an understanding of the scope of your
journey in life. For every man there is a mandate. Your purpose is empowered by your vision………
Every
Vision given is a response to a burden in the heart.
The Burdens drives a person to searching, studying, inquiry and Prayer. Most
times the vision is meant to solve the problems of a people, nation and
society. There are key features as it relates to vision: Release, Running and
Realization.
The greatest gift God gave to man is
not the gift of sight; it is the gift of vision.
Myles
Munroe
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what
do you see?........
The man Jeremiah
was asked ‘what do you see?’ What you see determines what you’ll get, that’s
why God often times shows us Visions. He often shows the end from the beginning
for He calls those things that be not as though they were. Jeremiah saw an
almond tree, Jesus saw the joy that was set before him, Stephen saw the Heavens
opened, Paul saw a crown laid up for him, Bill Gates saw the each home having
an operating system.
Between the moments of the Release and the Realisation there is the place of Running. It is impossible to arrive at a destination without first
taking a step. The delivered vision is always writable; a vision is not just an
idea, thoughts or flashes, or rays of imagination, illusions or allusions. They
are like paths on a race track, like a railway line. It is writable. The first
place to give evidence to the vision is on paper. When the vision is released
it is only a ‘it’ (at this point it is lifeless, no breath has been infused).
Every vision is precise and does not lack definition. Vision means writing what
you see, not saying what is seen, and it becomes a sign post that guides the
path of life. Inotherwords, it is only to be written but read. Attention must
be given to reading it constantly.
A vision released in the now
is to meet a need of the future,
hence
it is for a time appointed, but there is an end, a point of the fulfilment of
the released vision. There is a starting line and finishing line in every race
(Chinese Proverb). At first the vision is only in a lifeless ‘it’ but when
lives of men are impacted by the vision it begins to speak. Testimonies of
transformed lives are the proof of the success of a vision. Patience is a
necessary virtue to possess in the walk towards the fulfilment of the vision.
Since the vision is a response to a need, it longs to be met and by so though
even if it delays it will surely come.
No man who receives a vision should
be puffed up; the revelation of the vision is to aid proper preparation for the run
towards attainment. There is no room for pride, arrogance, or hastiness.
Declaring to be a candidate for an electoral office does not guarantee your
winning. The character of the recipient should be meekness, soberness and
temperance which guide the course of action. Oftentimes the vision depicts
things that you cannot do ordinarily. It is a task that cannot be achieved by
sheer guts but first you must BELIEVE. It is your believing that guarantees
your Becoming. Therefore, the Just (those who count themselves as having
received through God’s own desire this vision) live by faith. The Faith here is
a combination of Believing + Action. It propels the receiver to move.
BELIEVING + ACTION= FAITH
The vision becomes totally
unprofitable when the recipient does not believe it. The world will continually
deteriorate when men refuse to either receive or run with their visions. God
has wired us to discover not speculate about our purpose in life. Darkness will
prevail if you refuse to shine as light, bitterness will destroy men when there
is no salt or when it has lost its savour.
Today the vision of Martin Luther
King Jr speaks, the vision of Kenneth E. Hagin speaks, the vision of Bishop
Oyedepo speaks, Bill Gates, Steve Jobbs. Imagine a United States where blacks
would have been sidelined forever, a world without Oyedepo would have made dead
and without faith.
Perhaps only the graveyard and
cemeteries would tell the tingling tales of great men who never took up the
mantle of their vision, whose light were never lit and those who refuse to take
responsibility for their future. A life without vision is a burden; it makes
you dependent on others.
The run is not aimless or
directionless, it is to obtain. To attain you have to fight a good fight of
faith. It is a fight against obstacles, challenges and against personal
weaknesses. You vision makes you an example, a prototype, a representation of
what you carry. People should see the evidence of what you speak about.
Perhaps, there is a book you’ll
love to write about, a song you’ll like to sing, a course you desire to study,
don’t sit around waiting for change, stand up and make your moments count. This
is a personal lesson I’ve learnt, nothing will work until you work it. All that
you’ll ever need has already been deposited in you, all that is required is
discovery and exploration (Eph 1:17-18)
Measure
Checks.
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Constant
Looking: the written vision must be constantly looked
at, referred to, to see how much distance you have covered in relation to the
destination,
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Endurance, Fortitude, perseverance
is needed greatly. Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin once said it is our duty to
proceed as though the limits to our abilities do not exist. The challenges
are strong enough to forestall the race. Know that whether on a visionary
platform or not people are running but only those with destinations obtain. A
man going nowhere will never get anywhere. You must press forward at all cost, be not slothful but followers of them who
through faith and patience obtain the promises.
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In order to apprehend that for
which you have been called to accomplish there must of necessity be a
contention. Your breaking forth would be guaranteed through fervent prayers,
wrestling, violence of Faith. Jacob wrestled with the angel. Martin Luther confronted
the Papacy of Rome, Jesus confronted the Jews, the scribes, Pharisees, Mandela
confronted the Apartheid regime in South Africa, and Daniel shut the mouth of
lions. The three Hebrew men confronted Nebuchadnezzar. The person who apprehends
is the one who contends.
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Vision
imparts into you a force, a spirited confidence and courage.
Shakespeare opined that the cowards will
die many times before they are dead. Truly, cowards never conquer only the
confident do. Truly God gave Jeremiah this with his promise in 17-19, so also
Joshua etc
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In the final analysis I’ll to let
you know that no one would respect you
on the basis of what you have written down but on what you’ve wrought.
Every delivered vision must provide Proofs and Evidences that men can testify.
Transformed lives are the Proof of the reality and power of a vision.
Find yours and act on it.
Scripture References: Jeremiah 1:1-
end, Habakkuk 2:1-4
………………………………………………………………………………Courtesy:
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