Proverbs chapter 29 verse 18 of proverbs 29 says this
but where it says where there is no revelation the people cast off restraint
without a vision one scripture says people perish without a vision another translation said they go
unrestrained they get unfocused with their life and it goes off because they're not focused
on where they're supposed to be focused so the key to your life
is finding a vision that imposes discipline on you
in essence vision is the source of discipline
life is a journey isn't it and every journey has a destination but have you ever noticed with me that
many people kind of stumble through life kind of hoping that tomorrow will be better than yesterday
but they don't have a plan they don't have a clear destination they're heading towards they're
just kind of randomly haphazardly they have no vision everyone is heading somewhere in life
but few people are heading somewhere on purpose vision inspires discipline kind of that way if
you ever watch the story of athletes like Olympic athletes you watch these young girls that win gold
medals in the thing and you see their backstories that they're getting up at 4 a.m in the morning
going to gyms at five working out for hours before they go to their normal school routines
all of that because why without a vision there's no reason to discipline myself and so in essence
vision has power it has the ability to truly cause you to where to realize that whatever sacrifices
it takes it's worth it because you're heading somewhere you have a clear direction you have
a destination in mind so discipline is powerful and according to the bible discipline comes from
vision vision a man or woman without a clear vision for their lives lives a very loose life
but a man with a vision they live a very narrow life very important the disciplined people
live very narrowly when a man a woman has a vision their life becomes very very tight
why because vision simplifies life what do I mean by this
when you capture a vision it simplifies everything everything because vision controls
all of your choices after that once you know where you're going you also automatically know
what roads won't take you there you understand that statement so if if if you know what to do
you automatically know what you shouldn't do vision defines your what to do in life
because vision gives you your address your permanent address it shows you your destination
where we get our word destiny from your destiny dictates your decisions write it down your destiny
dictates your decision so life becomes simple uh if someone offers you something and it doesn't
uh collaborate in its unity with your vision it's easy to say no
see without a vision it's tough for you to refuse things life becomes complicated the
clearer the vision the fewer the options the easier it is to reach your destination
why because when you have clear vision you'll see the distractions that try to pull you away
see when you have clear vision you'll realize that the things that sometimes come up
are detours that try to get you off from where you need to go so in other words if you have a
vision for your household financially you realize that the temptation to have it now and pay later
in five years is a trap no you'll realize no no we can say no today so we can say yes
forever we're going to get ourselves in good shape we have a vision of where we're going see when you
have a vision of the type of person you want to marry you realize you're not just going to take
anyone that comes along when you have a vision of what your health should be you're going to go no
I know that that might be a moment of pleasure on the lips but that's going to be a pain in the end
to get off the hips so I'm going to say no to that right when you have a vision the clearer
the vision the fewer the options the easier it is to reach the destination why because vision
provides directions to those ends and that's why it's the clearer it is the easier it is
a lot of people lose their motivation a lot of people lose their courage and they lose
their focus I believe that God's solution for a distracted defeated disappointed
discouraged life is not to inject us with the feeling but to fill us with division
in fact the cause of distraction defeat disappointment and discouragement
is really a loss of vision life of vision inspires action life of vision becomes a practical guide
for creating plans setting goals and objectives life of vision helps to evaluate our life it
provides focus it gives us faith it gives us motivation it produces discipline it opens doors
for miracles and it gives life a purpose a person without vision will be a slave to their reality
a vision is when you have a picture of a desired future
one of the greatest things you can get from God after you received salvation and the gift of the
Holy Spirit is a personal vision for your life that vision will keep you on course of discipline
that vision will give you a sense of focus motivation and direction vision works when we walk
toward it God does not give us a vision to pamper us God doesn't give us a vision to make us feel
good God gives us the vision to change the direction and give a motivation to our pace
in life you were created for a purpose you're not here by acting God didn't create you in
the hmm what can we do with them let me think about that no God had something in mind before
you ever even came into being God created you for a reason God created you for a purpose
and the way in which you and I live our lives for God is when we live with the realization that
we live on purpose that we live intentionally in other words you and I need to realize that
vision gives you focus it begins to realize that all these different things begin to come together
because God is leading us somewhere it gives significance to the otherwise meaningless
if you want to be successful write this down do not seek success
seek to become a person of value
again if you want to be successful in life do not seek success
seek to become a person of value
become so good in an area that they can't ignore you
you were created to give life and make a difference with your gift somewhere
vision means you expect more of your world than what you see
vision means you take bold steps of faith vision is a venture out with risk taking courage
vision means to dare to hope for something beyond yourself
vision is critical living in the present is fine but don't put your focus there be an agent of hope
your vision is the thoughts that won't leave you your vision is the dream that keeps coming back
your vision is the desire for you to do something
that keeps coming back it's your deepest desire
I'm not talking about desire for house and car I'm talking about the desire to
change a situation in your world it's there I know you've been feeling it
sitting in this building are a lot of people who've got dreams and desires and aspirations
and goals but you've never done anything about it and in order for you to achieve the things in
your life that god wants you to achieve you got to have vision you got to visualize it whatever
it is wherever you're trying to go God will give you a dream he'll plant a seed God is planting
season you know some of you have dismissed it you've thrown it off you never saw yourself in
that mode you never believed that you could do it you never saw yourself going down that direction
but the reality is God planted the seed in you he's trying to give you a vision he's trying
to help you to visualize where it is he can take you and here's what I learned about God
if you can picture that you can do it then it's not God but if it's something that's
beyond your capacity to do it just might be God telling you that that's what he wants you to do
listen anything that's worth having you're going to have to go through some stuff
you you are not going to achieve things in life without having some struggles
anything worth having is gonna cost you something to get it
learn to deal with it don't let a little challenge make you quit and it's your assignment to find
out what is the vision that God has given you stop wandering around with no sense of
direction no sense of purpose no sense of hope of what God wants you to do I'm tired of y'all
I'm tired of people who are frustrated with life but they're not doing anything with their life
there's something that God wants you to do now you need to rise up and do something about it