One I've had before... one I long to see fulfilled... one I've worked toward... prayed for...
One I've repeatedly... stuffed down... put aside... improbable... if not impossible... after so many years...
Stirred anew... the vision that swells desire... feeds frustration...
Questioning... Why does God keep bringing this back?... It's painful... hard...
Sharing these thoughts with a dear friend... her response... a reminder really... came as a question... What happens to people who have no vision?
I know the answer... a wisdom we speak often...
Where there is no vision, the people perish...
Proverbs 29:18
KJV
Others translate perish... cast off restraint... The Hebrew literally meaning... be out of control...implying open defiance of a known standard or authority... (Dictionary of Biblical Languages)
A known standard... could it be... vision provides the known standard...?
A known standard... the reason for its continued return... the model... creation... before the fall...
The known standard... Jesus fought for... paid a high price... to make way for its return...
The vision that caused Him to weep over Jerusalem...
The cost that caused Him to sweat blood in Gethsemane...
Following Christ... being a disciple... requires a vision... requires a will... heart... spirit... to sweat blood... be crucified... to see it come to pass...
Today... I hear God's call... fight for the vision... I give it to you because that's My standard for you... otherwise... you will perish... run amok... get lost... die...
Today... I choose to fight... with the knowledge... and hope... that God will... has... made the way...
Do you struggle with a vision...?
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