Visioneering
Yo, yo, and hello everyone! How is everyone doing today? I hope and pray all is well out there.
I read the next chapter in Visioneering yesterday. Before I get in the third chapter of the book, I didn't tell y'all the third building block Stanley gave in the last chapter. And that is pray for opportunites to come your way and perpare like you believe God will answer those prayers.
Now, on to chapter three. He opens up the chapter with the fact that our visions are going to seem crazy to people. If your vision is a God-given vision then it's going to seem outragous. People are going to say, "you can't do that" or "that will never happen" and so forth. Perhaps that's why Nehemiah waited so long to talk to the king. He was a slave, working for the king of Persia. The king's predecessors were the ones who tore down the Jerusalem walls to begin with. Nehemiah couldn't escape and there was no way anyone was going to sit by idolly while the walls were rebuildt. Him thinking about this seems crazy. And that's the same with some our own visions. It can be overwhelming to look at our circumstances that are far removed from where we want to be. This is true. God-given visions are hard to do. But that's where God wants us to be. He will give you the strength and wisdom to accomplish what He wants you to do. You might feel uneasy about it, but yet feel that this is what you were made to do. If that describes any of us, then we're about to have a breakthrough.
But God had Nehemiah where he was for a reason. For some time God was preparing the way for Nehemiah to be where he was then. Nehemiah was in a special place. He was cupbearer for the king. No one had a more special relationship with the king then he did. He was no dought a trusted servant to the king, he had to protect the king from poisen and what not. God was behind the sences working it out for Nehemiah to talk to the king. Everything was perfactly positioned. That brings us to the forth building block: God is useing your circumstances to prepare you to accomplish His vision for your life.
This is what God wants to do in all of our lives, to get us to a point where we are perfectly positioned to accomplish His will for our lives. It might not feel like at the moment, but years down the line we can look back and see God was at work then to help us be ready for the present time. God has promised to work all things for the good of those who are called according to His purposes (Rom. 8:28). God is working in your present circumstances to prepare you to accomplish His vision for your life, as Stanley says.
One of the problems of success is confusing success with the rewards of success. The rewards of success for a sports team is winning the national championship and all the accolades that go with it. But the success really started long before that. It started when the players where recruited and signed and a winning aditude was instilled in them to be a true team. We need to keep that in mind all the time.
We also need to celebrate little successes. Every win that a team wins should be celebrated and when they win the last game, the championship game, then you have come to the reward of your successes along the way. But in the mean time, we must wait to accomplish our God-given vision. That time may be frustrating, painful, and maybe even waistful at times. But we need to trust God to bring us through to where we want to be. He is in control and He knows what is best. So we must wait. We must surrender to His control. He is using our present circumstances to bring us right where He wants us to accomplish His vision for our lives.
Please go out and buy this book and read it along with me. It has already blessed my life very much. God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack.
Ps. Please pray for the AIM students today. And for Elijah and Kristan (preparing to go to Auckland, New Zealand), and for Rob and Denyce (preparing to go to Moscow,Russia). And I haven't recieved any word on there condition at this moment. Please continue to pray for them in an extra special way. They must really be hurting right now. Thank you all very much. God bless you all.
I read the next chapter in Visioneering yesterday. Before I get in the third chapter of the book, I didn't tell y'all the third building block Stanley gave in the last chapter. And that is pray for opportunites to come your way and perpare like you believe God will answer those prayers.
Now, on to chapter three. He opens up the chapter with the fact that our visions are going to seem crazy to people. If your vision is a God-given vision then it's going to seem outragous. People are going to say, "you can't do that" or "that will never happen" and so forth. Perhaps that's why Nehemiah waited so long to talk to the king. He was a slave, working for the king of Persia. The king's predecessors were the ones who tore down the Jerusalem walls to begin with. Nehemiah couldn't escape and there was no way anyone was going to sit by idolly while the walls were rebuildt. Him thinking about this seems crazy. And that's the same with some our own visions. It can be overwhelming to look at our circumstances that are far removed from where we want to be. This is true. God-given visions are hard to do. But that's where God wants us to be. He will give you the strength and wisdom to accomplish what He wants you to do. You might feel uneasy about it, but yet feel that this is what you were made to do. If that describes any of us, then we're about to have a breakthrough.
But God had Nehemiah where he was for a reason. For some time God was preparing the way for Nehemiah to be where he was then. Nehemiah was in a special place. He was cupbearer for the king. No one had a more special relationship with the king then he did. He was no dought a trusted servant to the king, he had to protect the king from poisen and what not. God was behind the sences working it out for Nehemiah to talk to the king. Everything was perfactly positioned. That brings us to the forth building block: God is useing your circumstances to prepare you to accomplish His vision for your life.
This is what God wants to do in all of our lives, to get us to a point where we are perfectly positioned to accomplish His will for our lives. It might not feel like at the moment, but years down the line we can look back and see God was at work then to help us be ready for the present time. God has promised to work all things for the good of those who are called according to His purposes (Rom. 8:28). God is working in your present circumstances to prepare you to accomplish His vision for your life, as Stanley says.
One of the problems of success is confusing success with the rewards of success. The rewards of success for a sports team is winning the national championship and all the accolades that go with it. But the success really started long before that. It started when the players where recruited and signed and a winning aditude was instilled in them to be a true team. We need to keep that in mind all the time.
We also need to celebrate little successes. Every win that a team wins should be celebrated and when they win the last game, the championship game, then you have come to the reward of your successes along the way. But in the mean time, we must wait to accomplish our God-given vision. That time may be frustrating, painful, and maybe even waistful at times. But we need to trust God to bring us through to where we want to be. He is in control and He knows what is best. So we must wait. We must surrender to His control. He is using our present circumstances to bring us right where He wants us to accomplish His vision for our lives.
Please go out and buy this book and read it along with me. It has already blessed my life very much. God bless you all in Jesus' name!
Zack.
Ps. Please pray for the AIM students today. And for Elijah and Kristan (preparing to go to Auckland, New Zealand), and for Rob and Denyce (preparing to go to Moscow,Russia). And I haven't recieved any word on there condition at this moment. Please continue to pray for them in an extra special way. They must really be hurting right now. Thank you all very much. God bless you all.
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