‘The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in
the sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here. Allow the Potter
to put you on His wheel and whirl you around as He desires. Then as surely as
God is God, and you are you, you will turn out as an exact likeness of the
vision. But don’t lose heart in the process. If you have ever had a vision from
God, you may try as you will to be satisfied on a lower level, but God will
never allow it.’ CHAMBERS
Do you ever wonder why God does things the way He
does? I mean why didn’t He create us to
be more obedient? Why did He do what He
did? Or why did He not do what He didn’t
do? Confused yet? What He did was create
us in His image. I was teaching a Bible
study yesterday with the Haitian staff at Children’s Hope. We were talking about what it meant to be
created in His image. He made us to be unique
among all other living things on this planet. Dogs don’t have a vision of the
future … nor do any other species other than man. Do you ever think about things like that?
So God creates us in His image. Gives us a free will .. allowing us to choose
to obey or not obey Him … gives us a Savior to overcome the wrong choice … and
then remolds us to be like the One who saved us. Don’t you find that fascinating? For centuries
men have tried to understand it but I don’t think it is something we will ever
understand this side of heaven. In the
meantime. He does give us vision –
purpose … and then He equips us to accomplish that vision .. He provides the
resources .. the abilities …He shapes our character … He uses life to do it …. Isn’t
this life is amazing ….
I received a call from a friend in Waveland,
Mississippi last week. Someone I had the
privilege to disciple while I was there.
He told me that he had a clear call from God to become a minister .. What
he meant was that he is going to serve others for Jesus as his primary
occupation. I told him that God calls,
then prepares, and then sends. Then I connected him to a pastor friend of
mine in Waveland, MS. God gives us a vision and then He shapes us to
accomplish what He has called us to do.
You may have heard .. “God doesn’t call the equipped .. He equips the
called.” You may get the picture in your mind of
someone handing you food, a canteen, a tent, bug spray, a backpack, whatever
before you set off on your calling. But God
prepares you by working on the inside to equip you. He will provide the physical part as well ..
but He is more interested in the ‘inside of the cup’ (Matthew
23:25-26)
The
vision God gives you will always be bigger than you are .. that is because He
calls you to His fields … you can’t do it on your own … He shapes you to
accomplish the vision … but not on your own … John 15:5
"I [Jesus] am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me,
and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
What has God called you to put your hand to? Is there something that stirs your soul, but
you struggle in accepting it? You know
it’s from God … but it requires so much faith.
I want to encourage you to yield to the vision. I am so far in over my head in this work …
absolutely dependent upon the One who called .. exactly in the place that He
wants me to be .. physically and spiritually. And I am loving it. There is no better place to be than the
center of God’s will for your life.
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)
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