Continued from the last episode
Let’s Talk Vision – (Part Two)
Partly culled from my book “Know
Your Identity In God”
“For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,
wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
Hab 2:3
One
important thing to take note of, is that, as a believer, you should have the
conviction that you are in Christ. Your placement in Christ makes it easier for
you to have intimacy with God. It means that your spirit and the spirit of God
have been joined as one; you do not have a separate spirit from that of God.
Remember, as you believed Christ, you received the nature of God in you, that
His righteous nature has been imparted into your life, therefore, it implies
that you exist in his realm.
Having
intimacy with God will not be a glitch at all because you already exist in him,
and as a result, whatever that flows from Him have to flow through you as well.
In fact you have become the channel through which the thought and vision of God
flows. Here I’m not talking about when one has conceived an idea to give the
human struggle a facelift, which is because he’s human, as humans we ought to
have feeling for others. This kind of gestures gear toward human
recognitions and awards from people and the person involved begins to feel
important.
The
vision from God that flows through the believer doesn’t put the believer first
rather it puts God first, knowing very well that it is all about what God want
done in the life of people, and therefore, God takes preeminence in it. This is
very important because like I said earlier, the seed or the origin of the
vision is from God and as a matter of fact should receive all needed ingredients
for its growth from God. Now, I have defined vision as a seed, so we are going
to be discussing in practical the things that will support or encourage a seed
to germinate and begin to flourish. Importantly, you must have the seed and the
seed must be planted before anything else.
For
one to sow seed, there are many factors he has to take into consideration
before starting off. The same thing goes to vision as well. Before launching
your vision into action you must take into cognizance the reality of these
factors. If not, the vision will be queasy and overshadowed by these factors.
Firstly,
there must be a seed to sow (vision). One must have a seed to sow. You must drop something in the ground, and
that which you drop is your seed. These seeds could be your talents,
creativities, time, money, love and your service.
Secondly,
there must be a place to sow. It
is meaningless when one has seeds without a prepared place to sow them. It is
better that you don't have a seed at all. You don’t just sow in the air. The
grounds to sow your seeds are your home, your church, your community, your
place of work etc. These areas are the places that your vision in life will
always touch.
Thirdly,
co-workers are needed. This
depends on the quantity of seeds that you have and also your availability in
terms of time factor. You may require some people to help in sowing your seeds.
Some visions are very broad that even at the beginning more hands are required
to lay a better foundation for them to start.
Fourthly,
you
must clear the ground. Seeds are not sown upon weeds. The ground
must be cleared before sowing any seed. There are things that will peeve your
vision. Such things must be removed before planting your vision. You must have
ideas as to how to develop your vision. If the weeds are not cleared they will
eat up the vision.
Lastly,
the
right time. There is always a right time to plant any seed, and that
should be the planting season of that particular seed. As the nature of each
seed varies from one seed to another, so also their time of planting varies.
The vision that you have should be developed at the right time when it will be
beneficial to as many that need it.
It
is important to note that, once a seed is planted or sown in the ground, the
next stage is to wait and see the seed germinating. There are, however, certain conditions that
will favour and make the seed to germinate as desired by the planter. These
conditions cannot be overlooked, given that they are important and should be
keenly followed because they are results oriented.
Partly
Culled From The Book “Know Your Identity In God”
To be continued…..
Till I come your way again, keep on basking in the Arena
of Indubitable Truth!
Chukwuemeka C. Asiegbu
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