Chapter 2

After all, "where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18).

Put up your vision

1. A vision is only revealed to a person in position to listen.

You must get alone with God to receive His directions. Your place can be a room in the basement, the living room after everyone is asleep, an early morning walk or a quiet place in the park. Your time alone with Him must be uninterrupted. Put away your mobile devices, turn off the television, close your Facebook page and tell your family and friends not to disturb you.

Jacob alone with God: Genesis 32:22-32

2. Vision must be written down.

After you have spent time seeking God, write down in explicit details what He reveals to you. Write it in the present tense, as though it has already happened.  A written vision gives you the correct directions and coordinates you need to follow to get to your desired destination. It gives you the inspiration and motivation you need to push through life’s toughest challenges.

Quite recently, I was reading a magazine which included a very interesting study on the people who had graduated from Harvard Business School five years previously. They noticed some graduates were doing very well in business, making a hundred thousand dollars or more, and others who were just barely getting by. Why did some people excel and others just seem to be going in the same circle not making any ground? They never seemed to be able to break out of their box. What had made the difference?

Do you know that, without exception, everyone that they had classified as successful had taken their vision and written it down? The power of God goes into operation when you write your vision down. What is your desire? Let it hit a piece of paper, and break out of the box named "chance."

3. Vision must be made plain.

You need to write your vision in plain, simple to understand language that even a fifth grader can grasp it. Creating a vision that is clear and simple to understand eliminates confusion that can hinder your progress.  A vision that is plain will energize and ignite an excitement in everyone that is connected to it and they will run with it in eager anticipation.

4. Vision must be posted.

Once you have written your vision and made it plain, now it is time to post it so that everyone connected to it can read it. Your posted vision statement is your constant reminder of what is possible in your life, family and/or marriage if you follow its directions. It becomes your motivator to overcome life’s discouragements, distractions and disappointments that comes against your vision. 

Now notice scripture doesn't say,"walk." It doesn't say, "crawl." It doesn't say, "stroll."

It says, "run!"

5. Vision overcomes obstacles.

Do not think because God gives you a clear vision that everything is going to be smooth sailing. You are going to encounter some steep challenges and you will hit some unforeseeable turbulence.  But, a vision from God gives you the strength and courage to pursue it with an aggressive offensive attack that empowers you to overcome any obstacle that stands in your way.

6. Vision will manifest itself in God’s time.

Please do not rush your vision. Be patient. When you make your own plans to manifest your vision, you force those plans into your own timetable and can possibly delay or detour your destiny. Visions manifest when God determines the right time.

7. Vision must be lived by faith.

The more you focus your attention on your vision the more your faith grows. Taking slow and steady faith steps on your vision journey opens the door for opportunities to succeed. If you choose to activate your faith, you will courageously move forward in following your promised path that leads to vision success.

If you implement these seven keys, your vision will powerfully impact in your life, family and everyone connected to you.

Get hold of this truth. It is your faith that will put you over in all life's difficulties. When the enemy comes, it is your faith that will see you through. This is so important that it is repeated four times in the entire Bible. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith

as it is written, the just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17

...For the just shall live by faith. Galatians 3:11

Now the just shall live by faith: But if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. (Hebrews 10:38)

There is no compromise about it. Your own faith is the key to your personal victory. Most of the fights you will ever have to fight are personal. Not many of them are collective. Even those that are collective still have personal effects. So for you to really win in any of them, your faith must be out there working very well.

A strong word against Idolatry