I Believe In God
[b]WORKINNG TOWARD VISION[/b]
[i]My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare
PSALM 25:15[/i]
Vision is on my endangered character quality list, along with courage and discipline. The reason is simple: it takes too much work to be a visionary.It's just easier just to go with the flow and do what's expected. It takes courage to break out of conventional thought patterns. It takes confidence and daring to to risk failure with a new idea or a new approach. Visionaries tend to fail many times before they ever succeed, and most people would rather be safe and secure.
It also takes a lot of old-fashioned perspiration to be a visionary. It takes discipline to sit down with a pencil and paper and vow not to get up from your desk until you come up with five new ways to do something. It takes endurance to get on your knees and stay there until God supernaturally ignites a fresh thought in your mind. It takes hard work to plan what could happen in five years in your business, family, marriage or ministry. But developing vision deepens and strengthens our faith.
-Bill Hybels
[i]My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare
PSALM 25:15[/i]
Vision is on my endangered character quality list, along with courage and discipline. The reason is simple: it takes too much work to be a visionary.It's just easier just to go with the flow and do what's expected. It takes courage to break out of conventional thought patterns. It takes confidence and daring to to risk failure with a new idea or a new approach. Visionaries tend to fail many times before they ever succeed, and most people would rather be safe and secure.
It also takes a lot of old-fashioned perspiration to be a visionary. It takes discipline to sit down with a pencil and paper and vow not to get up from your desk until you come up with five new ways to do something. It takes endurance to get on your knees and stay there until God supernaturally ignites a fresh thought in your mind. It takes hard work to plan what could happen in five years in your business, family, marriage or ministry. But developing vision deepens and strengthens our faith.
-Bill Hybels
31-35, F
