{"id":17368,"date":"2025-11-04T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=17368"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:16:09","slug":"plan-purpose-and-pursuit-envision-in-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/plan-purpose-and-pursuit-envision-in-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT: ENVISION IN FAITH\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT: ENVISION IN FAITH &#8211; BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY MISSION!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,\u2019 says the Lord, \u2018PLANS for PEACE and WELL-BEING and not for DISASTER, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><b>Jeremiah 29:11\/Amplified.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">God&#8217;s PLANS and INTENTS for us is always for the good and best at anytime, anywhere, anyhow and anyway &#8211;<b>\u00a0Jeremiah 29:11;<\/b>\u00a0but many times we&#8217;ve FAILED in our mission to excel and be established in life because our mission\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0got \u00a0CLEARANCE &#8211; I mean, not having a clear cut VISION &#8211; from the start ups; and sometimes it&#8217;s also when we are not being OBEDIENT, to the ENVISIONED cause, and through the course of that mission that we&#8217;ve embarked upon.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0wise to ENVISION &#8211; know and understand, the PLAN,\u00a0PURPOSE\u00a0and PURSUIT &#8211; before launching out on any project in the cause and course of doing life and living godly with God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;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,\u00a0WRITE\u00a0THE VISION, and MAKE IT PLAIN UPON TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it. 3. For\u00a0the VISION is yet for an APPOINTED TIME, but at the end it shall SPEAK, and NOT LIE: though\u00a0it\u00a0TARRY, WAIT for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is\u00a0lifted up\u00a0is not upright in him: but the JUST shall LIVE by HIS FAITH&#8221;<\/i><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><b>Habakkuk 2:1-4.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Where there&#8217;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 &#8211; MATERIAL [EQUIPMENT], FINANCE, TIME and EFFORT are also wasted; consequently, the expected intent &#8211; damaged, destroyed and probably comes to the end or the death of such project\u00a0endeavour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;Where there is NO VISION, the people PERISH: but he that KEEPETH the law, HAPPY is he&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><b>Proverbs 29:18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The horse, that is, the RESOURCE for mission needs to be PREPARED with a\u00a0clear-cut\u00a0vision before that mission is embarked upon,\u00a0in order to\u00a0be FULFILLED and have an EXCELLENT and MEANINGFUL result at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;The HORSE is PREPARED against the DAY of BATTLE: but SAFETY is of the Lord&#8221;<\/i><b>\u00a0Proverbs 21:31.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Therefore, to enhance us in the cause and course of doing life and living godly, I offer\u00a0these wisdom nuggets\u00a0in consciousness, knowing\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0APPLICABLE to any phase in life though not limited &#8211; for examples:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2666\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2666&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A Student needs to envision what course to study before sourcing the books to enhance such\u00a0career, otherwise, the diligent effort of study on a course with the wrong books will be a wasted and wasteful\u00a0endeavour\u00a0at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:-90,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2666\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2666&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A person\u00a0that leaves\u00a0the house to the shopping\u00a0centre\u00a0AIMLESSLY, that is, with UNPLANNED [written and\u00a0itemised] expending, will end up expending on things\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0not needed at the expense of the needful. It thus means, if the only amount of money\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0available is for the needful &#8211; which\u00a0supposedly for\u00a0now, the needful is\u00a0to\u00a0buy\u00a0some groceries\u00a0to prepare\u00a0just\u00a0a\u00a0lovely\u00a0meal for the kids,\u00a0it will not be achieved. You can see that such a person may have end up buying the item&#8217;s that&#8217;s good (clothing, shoes and such like) but not the needed and needful at the particular moment; and some may only have\u00a0realised\u00a0upon returning home, while meeting with the hungry kids awaiting for food on the table, that the\u00a0realisation\u00a0hits the individual of a bad and wrong timely decision. Such\u00a0behaviour\u00a0happens among people all the time &#8211; in business, family, marriage, relationship, governance, leadership,\u00a0career\u00a0and such like. Just pause and think about it.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559737&quot;:-90,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\u2666\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"11\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u2666&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">An if you are in a journey that\u00a0is\u00a0supposedly set towards the EAST, to a particular set place; and to\u00a0accomplish\u00a0whatever it was and\u00a0to\u00a0arrive\u00a0at a certain time, to enable that cause to be accomplished meaningfully and graciously; you know that,\u00a0no matter how fast\u00a0or\u00a0clever you are in heading towards the WEST, which is\u00a0the\u00a0opposite\u00a0direction, you will never\u00a0reach\u00a0your\u00a0destination.\u00a0You might\u00a0also miss\u00a0important accomplishments\u00a0because of this wrong direction\u00a0and\u00a0flawed\u00a0perception.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Therefore,\u00a0I say to you &#8211; &#8216;ENVISION BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY MISSION&#8217; &#8211; 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).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">SELAH &#8211; PAUSE AND THINK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;Moreover\u00a0THE 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,\u00a0thou\u00a0hast well SEEN (ENVISION): for I will hasten MY WORD to PERFORM it&#8221;<\/i><b>\u00a0Jeremiah 1:11-12\/Emphasis Mine.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;Where there is NO VISION, the people PERISH: but he that KEEPETH the law, HAPPY is he&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><b>Proverbs 29:18.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;The HORSE is PREPARED against the day of battle: but SAFETY is of the Lord&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Proverbs 21:31.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;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\u2019s mind PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord DIRECTS his steps and ESTABLISHES them&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Proverbs 16:1-3, 9\/Amplified.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;. . . How can one\u00a0enter into\u00a0a STRONG man\u2019s house, and spoil his goods, except he FIRST BIND the strong man? and then he will SPOIL his house&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Matthew 12:29.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it.&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Colossians 4:17.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><i>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<b>Jeremiah 29:11.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>REV. 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