“Catch The Vision”

Posted: January 26, 2009

Over the last four weeks, in the Encounter service, I’ve been talking about catching a “God Vision” for our lives.  The idea behind this series was that we don’t really need another New Years resolution – what we need is a vision.  A God breathed, God inspired vision for our lives and for the lives of our family.

Do you have a vision?  Is it your vision or is it God’s Vision? 

I define ‘God Vision’ as the God given ability (or revelation) to see life not as it is – but as it could be – the way God created it to be.  The Bible is pretty clear about the importance of vision.  Proverbs 29:18 reads: “Where there is no vision, the people perish..” (KJV).  

So how do we catch a God Vision?  We’ve been studying Habakkuk and how God gave him a vision for the future.  A vision that was very different from his present environment.  Here are a few points from this months series based on Habakkuk chapters 1 and 2:

1. Vision is born out of burden?  Where’s your burden?

2. God can transform our burden into a God Vision.

3. It’s the birth right of every believer to hear God’s voice.

4. A God Vision is always bigger than your vision.

5. We have to position ourselves to hear God’s voice.

6. We can’t allow our present environment to dictate our response when God speaks.

7. Write the vision – make it big, bold, and plain so that all who read it can run!

8. Let God “Astound” you by giving you a great big God vision for your life.

If you missed any of the messages you can download the podcast from the Mt Bethel podcast page.  

Jody