Vision Test

For the Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. Isaiah 29:10

It did not take me long to journal on this passage today. What caught my attention was the word "Visionarie" A Visionarie is what I believe God has called me to be, a person who brings life to people, families, regions, for without Vision people perish. This scripture today is talking about a people who had their own plan, tried to do things their way and stopped being obedient to the word of the Lord. As a result the Lord poured out a spirit of sleep, and the eyes of the prophets and the visionaries were closed.

"To test vision, you must test the heart first" If disobedience closes the eyes of vision I want to be obedient to the point that I live life in High Definition. I want to be able to hear a now word from God, not yesterdays revelation, not a revelation from someone else, I want to hear what God wants to do and say today. What a terrible sight to be closed off to Vision. To be closed off to the heartbeat of God, to be closed off from His plan, His purpose and His will.

Let me see God, and when I can't or if my vision becomes faint help me to go back and check to make sure that I'm doing everything right, everything the way you want. Help me Lord to remember the vision test.

A Beautiful Struggle

Feeling the grind today, the best way that I can explain it is that in between stage of where I'm at and what I'm called to do. Sometimes it's easy to get impatient and frustrated because life goes around once. I don't know if you have ever been there, but I guarantee you, you will. Like a butterfly in the cocoon it must go through a struggle before it can become all that it was intended to be. In the struggle is where the greatest work of God is taking place. Remain faithful wherever your at and God will promote you to where your supposed to be. Thank you Lord because the metamorphosis has begun.

Now may the God of peace—who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—may He equip you with all you need for doing His will. May He produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen. Hebrews 13:20-21

The Path

"...Mark out a straight path for your feet..." Hebrews 12:13

Recently I heard Andy Stanleys Leadership Podcast on the principle of the path. The principle of the path says this: "Your direction determines your destination" and to take it even deeper "intention will not determine your destination." These are pretty easy concepts to understand especially when we are driving or on a hike. If I want to drive to the beach which is west of us but I start driving EAST it does not matter how much I intended to get to the beach I will not end up there. My destination was determined by path I chose and the direction I took. This is where this scripture spoke to me because in life the principle of the path is something that we easily ignore and we find ourselves lost, find ourselves without direction and then ask ourselves later "How did I end up here?" The bible says to "Mark out a straight path for your feet..." and in Hebrews 12:2 we find exactly what path to take and it says, "We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith."

The encouragement of the bible today is "Make sure Jesus is in front of the path that your on." When Christ is leading the path, the destination of my life will be exactly where it's supposed to be and it will be the most fulfilling and rewarding when this takes place. I've always said it takes 3 people to make a marriage work, it takes a Husband, a Wife and Jesus, I've marked out a straight path for my marriage. I believe the key to me being the best father, leader, friend and person is when my life is guided by the standards that God shows us in His word. Maybe you need to mark out a straight path for your marriage today, as a parent, for your finances or in your spiritual life, mark it out, make sure Jesus is in front and follow Him.

If there is any area, any area at all that I am not on the right path on I give you permission to realign my life, my heart and my direction today. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Seeing From A Distance

"...but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it..." Hebrews 11:13

Faith gives us the ability to see from a distance what may be extremely far away. Sometimes victory in our lives seems so far away. Sometimes a dream is only but a beat in your heart but faith brings the assurance that one day it will eventually be in your hand.

Ever watch something from a distance, to catch a bigger view you look through binoculars. Faith is just like a pair of binoculars it allows you to see from a distance no matter how far or how absent your promise may seem. The moment you look through a pair of binoculars, what may be far away jumps in front of you instantly. There have been times in my life when what I dream about, hoped for and believed in, seemed so far away but the minute I look through God's binoculars I find the assurance and strength to keep moving on. Those "binocular moments" though at times are small, are incredibly powerful, powerful enough to get me through a tough day, powerful enough to keep me from the tipping point and powerful enough to keep me going stronger then before that moment took place.
Can you see from a distance today, take time to peer through God's binoculars and see what God has planned for you...