Journal #4
A chapel speaker recently said something like
this: “There is a difference between having a vision for God and daydreaming
for God.”
I
tend to mix the two up. A vision is from God, but a daydream is from man. A
vision glorifies God, but a daydream glorifies man. A vision involves an
intimate, growing relationship with God, but a daydream is merely obsessing
over an accomplishment. God doesn’t want men to daydream about being a
Christian ‘success’. He wants us to reach out to the world with a vision of His
love, grace, power, and salvation. But how? How do we envision rather than
daydream? How do we reach out to the world with God’s message of forgiveness? I
wish there was a cookie-cutter explanation, but there’s not. I don’t know the answer. But I do know that
God reveals His will step-by-step, in a steady trickle of grace.
God
has been teaching me that the first step towards discovering my vision is to
become closer to its Source. I don’t have to know exactly where the future
leads, but I do have to be make an intentional effort to draw closer to Christ
every single day. If I don’t focus on what God would have me do today, why
should He ever show me what to do tomorrow? Most of life is working hard,
clinging in faith to the promise that God will complete the work He began in
us. We do not live in moments of inspiration; we experience moments of
inspiration. We live in moments of exhaustion. Trusting God, though, we will
endure to the end, when our work is complete and we can rest in His presence.
Then we will praise His Name, rest in His grace, and have an unhindered
relationship with Him forevermore. Until that day comes, it is our duty to do
all we can to draw closer to Him, battle the spiritual forces of evil, complete
the tasks He has given us, and above all rely on Him to get us through. I
anticipate the day when I can look back and see what God has done through me,
but until then I will do what I can to discover His will day by day.
Well said, my son. I am continually amazed at the work God is doing in you. I praise Him for all that you have become and are becoming!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Mom