Cultivate the disciplines of solitude to hear clearly from God. I go for silent retreats to hear from God every year to listen to what He is saying to me personally, and also to the church. Intentionally quiet down ourselves to seek God and His direction for us.
God planned a new beginning and a new purpose for them to reassure them that He was with them. The Lord says in Jeremiah 29:13, “ You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” The Lord was speaking to His people, the Israelites when they were in captivity in Babylon. When we see God’s plan for us, every day has a purpose. When we have the attitude of living an average life, we will miss the opportunity to experience God’s presence, power and provision (material provision, or provision in terms of giving us strength, wisdom and so on). Every day is just another day to get through, and not a gift. Without vision, we will lost the purpose and the joy of life. Without purpose in life, time will pass by aimlessly. This verse also tells us, “where there is no vision, people perish”. We will be happy and blessed when we submit to God’s plans for us. Other meanings of the word “happy” are: “blessed, joyful, successful, peaceful”. The King James Version says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” (Proverbs 29:18)įor people with vision and they obey God, they are happy people. What He can do, what can God do through me, how I can let God use me. As disciples of Christ, our vision always go back to what the Lord has in mind for us. Our society talks about KPI: what I can do, what I can achieve. Vision is: able to see in our minds God’s plan and purpose for our lives-both now and the future, partial (may be only a bit) and whole (a more complete picture), individual and corporate and take actions to do what God has told us to. God wants to do something through us: through you and me. We are here on this earth, at this time, for such a time as this. No one else can fulfil what God wants to do through you: not your children, not your grandchildren, not your friends but you. You are unique and only you can fulfil the things God wants to do through you. You are uniquely you in the entire history of mankind. No one on earth has your backgrounds, or the same life experiences as you do. We want to use the gifts He has blessed us with to serve Him and to help others so that God will be glorified and we will live fulfilling lives. New Year resolutions help us to improve ourselves, to achieve our ambitions, what I want to achieve for myself: I want to keep fit, I want to go for missions trip, I want to be more effective at work.Īs disciples of Jesus, we want God to be in our new year resolutions. Usually, at the beginning of each year, we make new year resolutions. Today is the 20 th day into the new year. This verse says, people will perish without vision from God. If they moved forward without vision, it would not be good. They would need vision from God for the church they would be going to, they would need vision from God for those who were going back to the marketplaces, or serving in the para-church. They would need vision from the Lord for the tasks in front of them. They needed to be reminded that they were being sent out on God’s mission. Give us your vision, Lord.” The lyrics were inspired by Proverbs 29:18.ĭuring our choir practice, the conductor told us that she had chosen this song for the choir to sing for the graduating class as they would be moving from the seminary into the world. The lyric of the song was, “Where there is no vision, the people perish. When I was in Year 2, the choir presented a song for the graduating class during the graduation service, and the song was entitled, “Give us a vision, Lord”.
I was in the choir during my seminary days. Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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