We
Must Have A Vision!
The
theme for Greater Morning Star for the last couple of years
has been "The Vision Is Coming to Pass," taken from
Habakkuk 2:3. It is from this vantage point that I am thinking
about the dangers of not having a vision. For without the
vision, we don't know what God has purposed for us. Even though
this is our church or corporate theme, I have been encouraging
you, dear children, to seek the Lord because He has a customized
plan for each of you. As Solomon has so aptly stated: "Where
there is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 29:18).
Thus, We Must Have A Vision!
That
statement is not deep. It is simple and makes a lot of
sense. If we don't know where we are going, we are going
to run amuck and be headed for destruction. I know that
we live in perilous times, complex times. But John, the
Revelator, saw these times clearly. In the Apocalypse,
he wrote what he saw and heard. It did not take a genius
to do that. Most any of us could write what we see or hear.
But the hard part is are we going to put ourselves in a
position to see and hear. We must make the time to seek
the face of God. John says we are in an age where we are
not aware that we are miserable, poor, wretched, naked,
and blind. What a state! For the most part then, he is
saying that we are not trying to get better, get clothed,
pick ourselves up, or see, because we think all of these
areas are already covered. My dear children, is not this
a type of blindness? Is not this perception a sure journey
toward destruction?
Isaiah
came with good news that God has delivered us from the
prison of darkness (42:7). He declared (42:18), "Hear,
ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. However,
too many in this church age are stuck in verse 20: "Seeing
many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears,
but he heareth not." Also, Matthew 15:14 says that
if the blind leads the blind, they will all in up in the
ditch together.
Nevertheless
Saints, let us praise the mighty and powerful name of Jesus!
That WILL NOT be our story. It does not have to be your story.
I've been asking the Lord to lead and guide me. I've been
asking the Lord to let me see what His will is for me personally,
and for this church. Also, I continue to admonish you to do
the same for your individual lives. Solomon, that great man
of wisdom, instructs us that in all our getting we should
get an understanding (Proverbs 4:8). Yes, and we should also
seek wisdom that is pure, peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated,
and full of mercy and good fruits (James 3:17). This wisdom
is from above and it is seeing things God's way. There are
also scriptures teaching of the richness of wisdom. Paul preaches
in Romans 11:33, "Oh the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God!" And then, James let's
us know that if we need it, we can ask God for wisdom; and
He will give it to us liberally.
That's
what God will give us, Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding,
as we receive what the Lord has to say to us from His chosen
vessels. We don't want you to miss one thing God has in store
for you. So come to Greater Morning Star to receive God's
will with your ears hearkened unto the Word of God. Come with
an attitude of expectation. Come ready to praise and give
God thanks, in advance, for what He will do for us, for what
He will say to us. REMEMBER, it's His Vision for us that Will
Come to Pass, So let's PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM, PRAISE HIM!!!
