You Need A Vision

‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above.’ James 1:17 NKJV “If your vision in life is to become as rich as possible, hoard every penny you make, and indulge your every whim - your vision is not from God. But if your vision is to succeed, use your success to bless others, and fulfil the purposes of God in the earth, your vision is from God. When God called Abraham, He promised him three things: ‘I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing [to others]’ (Genesis 12:2 NIV 2011 Edition). Understand this: every worthy vision comes from God whether or not it’s related to so-called ‘spiritual’ matters, and whether or not the person with the vision realizes the source of their vision. The Bible says, ‘Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.’ We tend to compartmentalize our lives, to view God as having influence and relevance when it comes to ‘spiritual’ visions, missions, and goals, but little relationship to ‘secular’ visions, missions, and goals. St Augustine said, ‘Let every Christian understand that wherever truth is found, it belongs to his master.’ God is the fountain of all truth, and the source of all worthy visions. And since He gave you your vision you must pour yourself into it every day. The psalmist said, ‘Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity [success] of His servant’ (Psalm 35:27 NKJV). With God as your partner you must expect to succeed - and you will!” Devotional from UCB.co.uk What is God’s vision for your life? How do you want God to use you in that vision? What if your vision doesn’t match God’s? Are you going to do what you want anyway? We have to put God’s vision and dreams before our own. Seek His will for our lives. Without His vision and dreams for us, what are we living for? Are we just getting up in the morning and going through the motions: going to work, having lunch, back to work, finish work, hit the gym, eat dinner, sleep? I’m sorry, but where is God in this? What a boring and mundane life to live! But when we live according to His plans, His dreams for us, that is an exciting life. I am not saying you won’t have trials, because you will, but it will be worth it. Every trial is worth it when you live according to His purpose. To see it through, wow, what an amazing adventure and testimony it will be. Praises:

• The gathering of the middle school students for water wars went well.

• The training on prayer has been amazing.

• The meetings with the student leaders this summer is going very well.

Prayer requests:

• Continue to pray for the Glasser family as they are traveling for mission trip/sabbatical.

• Pray for the arrival of the new Sadler baby due to arrive mid August.

• Pray for the planning of the new school year.

• Pray for the city youth gathering on August 17 for prayer and worship

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