PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT: ENVISION IN FAITH – BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY MISSION!
“For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘PLANS for PEACE and WELL-BEING and not for DISASTER, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE” Jeremiah 29:11/Amplified.
God’s PLANS and INTENTS for us is always for the good and best at anytime, anywhere, anyhow and anyway – Jeremiah 29:11; but many times we’ve FAILED in our mission to excel and be established in life because our mission hasn’t got CLEARANCE – I mean, not having a clear cut VISION – from the start ups; and sometimes it’s also when we are not being OBEDIENT, to the ENVISIONED cause, and through the course of that mission that we’ve embarked upon. It’s wise to ENVISION – know and understand, the PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT – before launching out on any project in the cause and course of doing life and living godly with God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
“I will STAND UPON MY WATCH, and set me upon the tower, and will WATCH TO SEE what he will SAY UNTO ME, and what I shall ANSWER when I am REPROVED. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE THE VISION, and MAKE IT PLAIN UPON TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it. 3. For the VISION is yet for an APPOINTED TIME, but at the end it shall SPEAK, and NOT LIE: though it TARRY, WAIT for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the JUST shall LIVE by HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:1-4.
Where there’s no envision PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT before a mission is embarked on, not only that PEOPLE PERISHED, but other valuable and important resources in used for that mission, such as – MATERIAL [EQUIPMENT], FINANCE, TIME and EFFORT are also wasted; consequently, the expected intent – damaged, destroyed and probably comes to the end or the death of such project endeavour.
“Where there is NO VISION, the people PERISH: but he that KEEPETH the law, HAPPY is he” Proverbs 29:18.
The horse, that is, the RESOURCE for mission needs to be PREPARED with a clear-cut vision before that mission is embarked upon, in order to be FULFILLED and have an EXCELLENT and MEANINGFUL result at the end of the day.
“The HORSE is PREPARED against the DAY of BATTLE: but SAFETY is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31.
Therefore, to enhance us in the cause and course of doing life and living godly, I offer these wisdom nuggets in consciousness, knowing it’s APPLICABLE to any phase in life though not limited – for examples:
- A Student needs to envision what course to study before sourcing the books to enhance such career, otherwise, the diligent effort of study on a course with the wrong books will be a wasted and wasteful endeavour at the end of the day.
- A person that leaves the house to the shopping centre AIMLESSLY, that is, with UNPLANNED [written and itemised] expending, will end up expending on things that’s not needed at the expense of the needful. It thus means, if the only amount of money that’s available is for the needful – which supposedly for now, the needful is to buy some groceries to prepare just a lovely meal for the kids, it will not be achieved. You can see that such a person may have end up buying the item’s that’s good (clothing, shoes and such like) but not the needed and needful at the particular moment; and some may only have realised upon returning home, while meeting with the hungry kids awaiting for food on the table, that the realisation hits the individual of a bad and wrong timely decision. Such behaviour happens among people all the time – in business, family, marriage, relationship, governance, leadership, career and such like. Just pause and think about it.
- An if you are in a journey that is supposedly set towards the EAST, to a particular set place; and to accomplish whatever it was and to arrive at a certain time, to enable that cause to be accomplished meaningfully and graciously; you know that, no matter how fast or clever you are in heading towards the WEST, which is the opposite direction, you will never reach your destination. You might also miss important accomplishments because of this wrong direction and flawed perception.
Therefore, I say to you – ‘ENVISION BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY MISSION’ – it saves one from expending unwisely on these given resources of doing life and living godly to all: TIME, MONEY, MATERIAL and EFFORT (SKILLS/TALENT).
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Moreover THE WORD of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, WHAT SEEST (ENVISION) THOU? And I said, I SEE (ENVISION) a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the Lord unto me, thou hast well SEEN (ENVISION): for I will hasten MY WORD to PERFORM it” Jeremiah 1:11-12/Emphasis Mine.
“Where there is NO VISION, the people PERISH: but he that KEEPETH the law, HAPPY is he” Proverbs 29:18.
“The HORSE is PREPARED against the day of battle: but SAFETY is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31.
“The PLANS and REFLECTIONS of the heart BELONG to man, But the [wise] ANSWER of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the Lord WEIGHS and EXAMINES the MOTIVES and INTENTS [of the heart and knows the truth]. 3 COMMIT your WORKS to the Lord [SUBMIT and TRUST them to Him], And your PLANS will SUCCEED [if you respond to His will and guidance] . . .9 A man’s mind PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord DIRECTS his steps and ESTABLISHES them” Proverbs 16:1-3, 9/Amplified.
“. . . How can one enter into a STRONG man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he FIRST BIND the strong man? and then he will SPOIL his house” Matthew 12:29.
“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it.” Colossians 4:17.
“For I know the THOUGHTS that I think toward you, saith the Lord, THOUGHTS of peace, and not of evil, to GIVE you an EXPECTED end.” Jeremiah 29:11.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI
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