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Living the Vision

Hebrews 10:35-36

³⁵Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.  ³⁶For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.

One man defined vision as “foresight with insight based on hindsight.”

Vision is clearly about the future.  It is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants and is based on an accurate understanding of God, self and circumstances.

Kierkegard (a Christian philosopher) said, “What I really lack is to be clear in my mind what I am to do, not what I am to know…  The thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wishes me to do…to find the ideal for which I can live and die.”

We must be driven by our passion to fulfill our vision.  Not only do we need perception (understanding) and perfection (to improve, complete) we must also have performance.

Unless you perform the vision, you will never fully accomplish the will of God in your life. 

Unchurched people need to see a demonstration of God’s power flowing through us causing us to live as blessed, favored, conquering people.

Paul worte in Ephesians 6:10 – Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

Performance depends upon strength.  The word “strong” indicates an empowering or an inner strengthening.    It conveys the ideas of being infused with an excessive dose of dynamic inner strength and ability.  This power is deposited into a container, a vessel or a receptacle.

When this power is released into the life of a believer, it takes normal believers and turns them into spiritual giants.

It is demonstrative, eruptive, tangible, and it always comes with some type of external, outward manifestation that can be seen with the physical eye.

Paul says this same power dwells in us.  And this power is given to us in order to accomplish God’s will in our lives.  It was this power which caused Jesus to be moved with compassion when He saw the lost sheep (Israel), the sick, the afflicted.

It is time for us to perform the vision that God has given us.   See the vision and take action!

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Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said:

What I really lack is to be clear in my mind what I am to do…to find the idea for which I can live and die.

People who excel, achieve share one common quality – they get things done. Very few people have consistently mastered the action habit of putting ideas into action.

Our world today is in a state of inaction which has caused severe economic conditions in almost every nation and people group. 

Bold, courageous leadership is needed for America to once again become the envy of the world.

The potential to achieve, succeed and accomplish His purposes has never ceased to be available.  The greatest ability in the world is availability.

Are you available to God for His purposes to be revealed to you and through you?  Are you ready for some action?

To become an action person you will need to include the following initiatives:

          1) Know God intimately.
          2) Begin where you are and with what you have.
          3) Cure your fear with action.
          4) Live in the moment.
          5) Seize the initiative.
          6) Maintain your Personal Belief System.
          7) Finish strong.

Only when you come to know God intimately can you come to know who you are.

Join us next week when we TAKE ACTION.

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Stepping OUT!

Everyone has a comfort zone, a certain way of life in which we feel at ease. All too often, we become comfortable, satisfied with the security of our status quo. To live life as God designed it, we must break out of the monotony of comfort zone living & take some risks.

Some people simply accept their place of pain and struggle as if that is their lot in life.  Jabez refused to remain in the misery of a life of pain and discomfort by crying out to God for His help. 

When you determine to know God intimately you will discover who you really are.

To change your life, you must know who God created you to be. You must begin where you are with what you have.  Now is always the best time to start.

Here is a Biblical Formula for living life:    Ready, Fire, Aim!  The natural formula says “Ready, Aim, Fire.”

With the natural formula, you are taking no risks, no chances.

Life is not certain; we don’t always know what to do.  Life is uncertain.  There are really “no guarantees,” & no “sure things.”    To use “Ready, Fire, Aim” formula, you must cure your fear with action.  There is no shame in a bad aim- at least you are firing.  Begin where you are and with what you have.

Join us next week for  Take Action:  Stepping Beyond!

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To get to where you want to be, you must start where you are.

Thoughts that do not turn into actions are without value.  Never allow your conscious and sub-conscious thoughts to limit you.

Live life without hesitation.  Live life generously. Learn to live in the moment.   Life is always lived in the present.

To live in the moment you must practice active, open, intentional attention on the present ─ being mind-full.

When you don’t seize your moment, you are not there to know you are not there.  You can never live in a moment you are not aware of.

God’s method in dealing with man is first to speak His Word into him and then challenge him to action.

If you are not in your moment, you won’t hear His voice.

Usually, it looks like this –

          He speaks a Word aimed at changing our lives.

          He opens a door for new experiences in faith.

He never reveals the complete picture – only the immediate steps to take.

When you take action and step beyond your current position and seize the initiative, God will break through in fresh, new creative ways that will stretch you and enable you to achieve your purpose.

You will never understand and act on what you do not believe.

Walk on through the open door…

Revelation 3:8 (AMP)

⁸I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut…

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…Stepping Through

Finishing well doesn’t happen by accident.  It takes effort.  It takes courage and perseverance.

In life, many have a good beginning; few have a good ending.

What ultimately matters is taking action to step through whatever challenges, obstacles, hindrances that get placed in our path of life.

Your success in life is determined more by what you finish than by what you start.  Ability has more to do with finishing than it does with attempting.

God is the original finisher.  He always finishes what He starts – not necessarily what we start.

Commitment is only experienced when you step through your circumstance, your trial, your difficulty.

Paul gives us a three-fold formula for success in stepping through our challenges and finishing strong.

          I have fought a good fight – Discipline.

          I have finished the race – Direction.

          I have kept the faith – Determination.

I Corinthians 9:25 in the Living Bible says – To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best.

Sometimes you must fight with yourself in order to accomplish it. To step through, you must keep fighting. To step through, you must keep running.

Even when you are weak, keep running.

It is not how you start or how fast you run, how high you climb – it is whether or not you keep the faith and finish strong.