Where there
is no vision, the people perish:
but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18(KJV)
The reason the apostles were all willing to die for Christ
(and most of them WERE martyred) is they had a clear vision of the cross. They knew God had been crucified on Calvary, but
He was alive again! The vision of a Lord
who not only ruled life but death as well, gave them the power to live and die
as conquerors.
· It was a clear
vision of living in freedom that caused a ragtag bunch of slaves to follow a
former murderer named Moses out into the desert.
· It was a clear
vision of God's holiness that caused Isaiah to fall on his knees and cry out, Woe to me...I am a man of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 6:5
· It was a clear
vision of an irresistible call of God that caused a young shepherd-boy named
David to stand against Goliath.
· It was a clear
vision of the need of grace in the life of each one of us that caused Jesus to
set Himself towards Jerusalem, submit to
the emotional pain of Gethsemane, the evil purposes of a sham trial, and
the excruciating penalty of judgment for all our sins on that old rugged
cross.
My friends, if you can get ONE CLEAR VISION of what
your life is to stand for, your days will never be the same. In Christian circles we call that finding
God's will.
I've been told so many times by sincere, seeking people, I'm certain God wants me to do SOMEthing. I just wish I could know what His will is. Beloved, you're no different than anyone else who's ever wanted to know God's will. The fact is God Himself wants you to know it. Often we are so less willing to DO God's will than He is willing to share it with us, so that we aren't in a position to hear His will if He shouted it in our ears. There are conditions to knowing God's will, but...
YOU CAN HEAR AND UNDERSTAND GOD'S DIRECTION FOR YOUR LIFE IF YOU WANT TO; AND IT WILL OPEN YOUR EYES! [1]
For You Today
If knowing God’s will for your life is the
most important responsibility He’s given you, isn’t it the clearest mandate you
need to seek that will, above all else, until He reveals it to you?
[1] Images: Pixabay.com Unless noted, Scripture quoted from The New Living Translation©
[1] Russell Brownworth, Learning and Doing (a sermon)
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