5/9/2020
Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision,
the people cast off restraint.”
Ideal – adj.
1.
Satisfying one’s conception of
what is perfect; most suitable
2.
Existing
only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become reality
Vision – noun
The
ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom
In today’s study, Chambers asks us to
consider the difference between an ideal and a vision. As defined above, one is
not a reality while the other involves having a plan. Most people who hold an
ideal in some form or another do not usually act on it, because it regards a
concept of perfection. We can say things like, “In an ideal world there would
be no hunger.” A person with vision, however, can see the idea and the practical thinking behind it,
then figure out a way to get closer to the ideal. These people are the ones
with vision. Not all visionaries have the knowhow to apply their creative
thinking to a functional plan, but those people often times get others on board
to help with the process. Vision compels action. Chambers writes, “But whenever
there is vision, there is also a life of rectitude because the vision imparts
moral incentive.”
As believers, we need to be careful of living
in ideals alone, without vision. When we become stagnant in our faith, we lose
connection and hence vision. I know this happened to me during a time when I
leaned too heavily on my own understanding; I was not faithfully seeking God
through prayer and His word, and I became motionless. Chambers says, “If we are
eating what we have out of our own hand, doing things on our own initiative
without expecting God to come in, we are on a downward path, we have lost the
vision.” When God gives you the vision, pray about it and act. Trust Him fully,
and He will guide your steps.
Be Thou My Vision – 4Him
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