Saturday, September 30, 2006

Identifying Your Vision 1

Welcome to Leading Right. I am Abiodun Fijabi

This week, we shall be looking at how vision is established. We will be answering the question: How do I identify my vision? This is one question I have been asked several times by people from of all ages, of both sexes and from different persuasions. It is one question that unites humanity. We all want to know what we have been created for. We all desire to know our ultimate purpose. We know we cannot go far without this one knowledge. It is as vital as life itself. If we fail to discover this, we fail in the question of life. It is a compulsory question in the exam of life. We cannot dodge it; we cannot afford to fail it.

Many will spend all they possess to have information about their future. They are ready to do just anything to know how their lives will end – from the bizarre to the ridiculous; from the mundane to the esoteric. You might think they are being too much in a hurry to know what tomorrow holds. But in reality, they are seeking an answer to the question: What am I here for? They think in knowing what the future holds for them, they will know what life and history have prepared for them. They are asking with pains in their hearts: “Can somebody please tell me what I am here for?”

As humans we are always tempted to look outside of ourselves for solution to our challenges. But usually, not always, the best place to look is within us. In this question of life, we will discover more facts within us than from the environment.

What am I saying? I am saying the first place to look is within you. God has not only placed you here he has created passions for something inside of you. He has put something inside of you that gives you life and vitality. There are certain things you do with relative ease and with so much satisfaction. Others may do same grudgingly because they see it as a task; but for you it is fun. A friend of mine has an advice for you. He writes in a big caption in my city: “Do not struggle to do what others have grace to do.”

There are things you do not struggle for. There are things that come to you naturally. They are God’s matchless blessings. They are his favour to you his creation of value. This special endowment sets you apart from the pack. They are your distinctive features. Your divine mark. Your godly identity.

And you know what? They are a pointer to your vision. They are the divine paths to the answer to the question: What am I here for? It is these attributes that you should discover and value above anything else. Ponder on them, pray over them…until you discover these factors that give you life and vitality. From these factors, you may understand the question of life and answer with confidence: This is what I have been created for.

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