Vision 3
THINK of anything that is strikingly good or evil today. There is every certainty that it came from someone’s dream. Marxism, capitalism, terrorism, democracy, globalization…are all results of men’s dreams.
Why is man so capable of casting vision with consequences? Because his creator is the greatest visionary. He envisioned a world and created it. He envisioned a man in his image. And there was a man with tremendous power! His visions had consequences, reverberating through the entire universe and determining the course of nature.
Even so, man is capable of visions with great consequences. History has proved this beyond reasonable doubt.
Hitler dreamt of a world run by his whims and caprices. He envisioned a dominant role for Germany in the new world order. He declared wars on his neighbours to realize his dreams. He scored victories after victories against frightened enemies. Nations, mightier than Germany, fell with surprised ease. They fell not to a man but to his consummate dream. One nation stood defiantly against Germany’s Hitler. Or should we say one man’s dream stood against Hitler’s dream? Winston Churchill had another dream – to lead England to win the war against Germany at all cost. What took place in the battlefield was not a war of weapons and of soldiers. It was a clash of dreams. One man’s dream set the whole of Europe ablaze and set the world on the edge of a catastrophe. Another man’s dream scuttled his sinister dream and restored hope. Hitler’s reign lasted a dismal twelve years instead of a thousand year reign he had envisaged. But he did succeed in one of his dreams: he killed more than half a million European Jews!
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. It was a passionate dream, for which he was ready to lay down his life and for which he eventually paid the supreme sacrifice. He envisioned a time in the history of the United States when men would be judged by the content of their character rather than the colour of their skin. The world remembers King today for his relentless peaceful opposition to the discrimination against black people in the US.
History is replete with stories of men who challenged the status quo and made their marks on the sand of time. They dared to dream big with desirable or dire consequences. Nations like Malaysia and Singapore, fellow third world nations, have thrived by the unrelenting dreams of their leaders. Dream is behind the major rag-to-riches stories the world has recorded. It is dream that turned captives into victors. Astounding business successes are results of dreams. There has not been any politician with significant impact that is not a man of great dreams. Musicians, actors, actresses, sports personalities…all know they are dead without dreams. Their dreams, helped by the invisible hand of their creator, set them on the path of excellence and put their names on their profession’s hall of fame. It is a dreamer’s world!
You too can make history. All you need is dream a dream that is big enough that only God could help you accomplish it.
Why is man so capable of casting vision with consequences? Because his creator is the greatest visionary. He envisioned a world and created it. He envisioned a man in his image. And there was a man with tremendous power! His visions had consequences, reverberating through the entire universe and determining the course of nature.
Even so, man is capable of visions with great consequences. History has proved this beyond reasonable doubt.
Hitler dreamt of a world run by his whims and caprices. He envisioned a dominant role for Germany in the new world order. He declared wars on his neighbours to realize his dreams. He scored victories after victories against frightened enemies. Nations, mightier than Germany, fell with surprised ease. They fell not to a man but to his consummate dream. One nation stood defiantly against Germany’s Hitler. Or should we say one man’s dream stood against Hitler’s dream? Winston Churchill had another dream – to lead England to win the war against Germany at all cost. What took place in the battlefield was not a war of weapons and of soldiers. It was a clash of dreams. One man’s dream set the whole of Europe ablaze and set the world on the edge of a catastrophe. Another man’s dream scuttled his sinister dream and restored hope. Hitler’s reign lasted a dismal twelve years instead of a thousand year reign he had envisaged. But he did succeed in one of his dreams: he killed more than half a million European Jews!
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. It was a passionate dream, for which he was ready to lay down his life and for which he eventually paid the supreme sacrifice. He envisioned a time in the history of the United States when men would be judged by the content of their character rather than the colour of their skin. The world remembers King today for his relentless peaceful opposition to the discrimination against black people in the US.
History is replete with stories of men who challenged the status quo and made their marks on the sand of time. They dared to dream big with desirable or dire consequences. Nations like Malaysia and Singapore, fellow third world nations, have thrived by the unrelenting dreams of their leaders. Dream is behind the major rag-to-riches stories the world has recorded. It is dream that turned captives into victors. Astounding business successes are results of dreams. There has not been any politician with significant impact that is not a man of great dreams. Musicians, actors, actresses, sports personalities…all know they are dead without dreams. Their dreams, helped by the invisible hand of their creator, set them on the path of excellence and put their names on their profession’s hall of fame. It is a dreamer’s world!
You too can make history. All you need is dream a dream that is big enough that only God could help you accomplish it.
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