Characteristics of a Vision 3
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We are still considering the characteristics of a vision that brings change to individuals and the communities.
Great vision tasks the visionary’s potentials and resources. Vision has a way of becoming an obsession. A man with a vision is possessed by a new spirit. His thoughts often gravitate towards the vision. Issues surrounding the vision occupy his mind and engage his potentials. His gifting receives an expression. A painter works assiduously on a masterpiece. A songwriter is absorbed in composing a hit. A social crusader spends endless hours trying to articulate a better approach to fighting evil. A thinker burns midnight oil to fashion a new and revolutionary idea that will change the world. While others are carousing with men and women of easy virtues, the visionary is on the mark, thinking through an idea, juggling options, collating facts, disseminating information.... Much time is given to just this one idea. It is a life goal. It is the reason for which he exists. His material possessions suddenly get a new orientation. Hitherto consumed on selfish passions, they are now devoted to pursuing a cause. His family and workplace become platforms to further this one dream.
So, let your dream be your passion. Give it all you have got. Let everything you do or say count towards this one dream. Let it be your waking thought and the last thought on your mind before you hit the bed. Let your resources be devoted to this dream. Let your gifting be an expression of your dream. Talk about it so often people around you will know what you stand for. Seek information. Talk to those who have succeeded in the area that interests you. Perspire over it. Labour night and day in the course of your dream. Pour yourself into your dream. Go beyond the call of duty.
To know how passionate you should be about your dream, think of gunning for a medal in the Olympics. That will be some dream. Think of the level of preparations you will have in your three departments of life. Physically, you will stretch yourself to the limit. You will strive to keep fit, alert and strong. You will pummel your body until it gives in to a new set of habits that ensure your success at the games. Mentally, you will above your competitors. You will learn and experiment with new techniques. You will tell yourself so often that you can do it. You will use the power of your imagination like many successful past Olympic stars had done by seeing yourself winning. You will see the garlands around your neck; see yourself taking a bow as you are adorned with the medal; imagine yourself at attention as the national anthem of your nation rents the air. You will hear the loud and endless ovation. Even now you can feel the tears of joy welling up in your eyes.
Spiritually, you will be prepared. Praying heard against forced or unforced error. You will trust God all the way.
Well, if you do that much for an Olympic medal, do the same for a lifetime achievement of being all that God has created you to be. And you know what? Start today.
We are still considering the characteristics of a vision that brings change to individuals and the communities.
Great vision tasks the visionary’s potentials and resources. Vision has a way of becoming an obsession. A man with a vision is possessed by a new spirit. His thoughts often gravitate towards the vision. Issues surrounding the vision occupy his mind and engage his potentials. His gifting receives an expression. A painter works assiduously on a masterpiece. A songwriter is absorbed in composing a hit. A social crusader spends endless hours trying to articulate a better approach to fighting evil. A thinker burns midnight oil to fashion a new and revolutionary idea that will change the world. While others are carousing with men and women of easy virtues, the visionary is on the mark, thinking through an idea, juggling options, collating facts, disseminating information.... Much time is given to just this one idea. It is a life goal. It is the reason for which he exists. His material possessions suddenly get a new orientation. Hitherto consumed on selfish passions, they are now devoted to pursuing a cause. His family and workplace become platforms to further this one dream.
So, let your dream be your passion. Give it all you have got. Let everything you do or say count towards this one dream. Let it be your waking thought and the last thought on your mind before you hit the bed. Let your resources be devoted to this dream. Let your gifting be an expression of your dream. Talk about it so often people around you will know what you stand for. Seek information. Talk to those who have succeeded in the area that interests you. Perspire over it. Labour night and day in the course of your dream. Pour yourself into your dream. Go beyond the call of duty.
To know how passionate you should be about your dream, think of gunning for a medal in the Olympics. That will be some dream. Think of the level of preparations you will have in your three departments of life. Physically, you will stretch yourself to the limit. You will strive to keep fit, alert and strong. You will pummel your body until it gives in to a new set of habits that ensure your success at the games. Mentally, you will above your competitors. You will learn and experiment with new techniques. You will tell yourself so often that you can do it. You will use the power of your imagination like many successful past Olympic stars had done by seeing yourself winning. You will see the garlands around your neck; see yourself taking a bow as you are adorned with the medal; imagine yourself at attention as the national anthem of your nation rents the air. You will hear the loud and endless ovation. Even now you can feel the tears of joy welling up in your eyes.
Spiritually, you will be prepared. Praying heard against forced or unforced error. You will trust God all the way.
Well, if you do that much for an Olympic medal, do the same for a lifetime achievement of being all that God has created you to be. And you know what? Start today.
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