Jeremiah chapter 29
Today we are walking in: Sight VS Vision
Habakkuk 2:2
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
VISION
Today we look to the word VISION- H2377 chazown- vision(in ecstatic state), visions (in night), oracle, prophecy (divine communication), vision (as title of book of prophecy) from H2372; a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle:—vision. to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide, to see, behold, to see as a seer in the ecstatic state, to see, perceive with the intelligence, to see (by experience), to provide
The Torah testifies........
Numbers 24:4
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision H2377 of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Numbers 24:16
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision H2377 of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
The prophets proclaim.........
1 Samuel 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days;there was no open vision H2377.
Jeremiah 14:14
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision H2377 and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
The writings bear witness.........
1 Chronicles 17:15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision H2377, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Psalm 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision H2377 to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
1. Leadership is the impact of one’s pursuit of a vision more noble than self-preservation on others. You have to find something to do that is more important than your own life preservation. The reason why most people don’t make a difference in the world is because they are too busy trying to make a living. Self-preservation is what I call making a living. You work to earn a salary so you can take care of your life but Hamachiach said if a man saves his life, he shall lose it, but if a man loses his life for the sake of kingdom assignment he shall gain life. That means they will never be able to forget you. You were born to live in such a way that you don’t need a tombstone. The reason why we need tombstones is because people live such mediocrity in their lives that if they were to die, we would never know that they were here.
2. Visionary leadership is the ability to cause others to see a vision of the future bigger than their private ambitions. This ministry will never succeed if it keeps competing with your private ambitions. Leadership is the capacity to make a vision, everybody’s vision. That is why the average person does not make an impact on the world, because they are so consumed by their own private interests, they have no interest in the next generation. This ministry was not raised just for you. It was raised up for your unborn great grandchildren. The new buildings aren’t for you, you may never be in them but you’ve got to build them. You need a vision bigger than your own private ambition. Do something important, not just something personal. Sometimes we live to pay off our mortgages instead of living to make a difference.
3. Visionary leadership motivates others to submit their energies and skills in a corporate commitment to achieving a noble vision. This ministry was raised up by Yah with a noble vision. How do you know whether a vision is from Yah or not from Yah? Any vision that only benefits you is not from Yah. Any vision that improves humanity, advances your community, and improves other people is from Yah. So, if your vision is to have a nice house and a nice car with a boat near the ocean, that’s not from Yah. Why? That’s personal ambition. Yahusha said I didn’t come to be served, but to serve and give my life as a ransom for many. Your vision should always improve many people.
4. Leadership is the power of influence through character impact. The word character is from a Hebrew word that means statue. It means fixed and predictable. Does a statue change? No. He still has the same face, stance, clothes etc. in the winter, spring, summer and fall. It doesn’t change. That is why a statue is called character. When you have character that means someone has beaten you into a shape. Somebody took a chisel. His name is Yah and he beat you and beat you and you thought he was killing you but he was getting rid of things that will hide your perfect image. Can a sculptor sculpt an image if the image keeps moving? That is why Yah keeps beating you because you won’t stay still long enough for him to give you character. The pressure you are going through right now in your life, Don’t Move! Stand still and see the salvation of Yah. He is going to bring you through this and you are going to come out with more CHARACTER! How can you tell what a man is doing even when you don’t see him? Because he has character. Character is proven when people can predict what you would do in your absence. Leaders have been beaten. That is why you are on your way to leadership. What you are going through is Yah’s classroom to make you a great person. Running from tribulation is the hardest way to have character.
For you to have vision you must understand the source of vision.
The source of vision is inspiration.
The source of inspiration is passion
The source of passion is purpose
The source of purpose is divine impartation.
The source of divine impartation is the reason for creation (Yah’s motivation is the source for divine impartation)
Your life was not created for you to just go to a job and pay bills. There is something Yah wanted done that made you necessary. As a matter of fact, I have been convinced over the years that the greatest tragedy in life is not death, but life without a purpose. It is more tragic to be alive and not know why, than to be dead and not know life. What a tragedy to wake up every morning, sit in the same car, get stuck in the same traffic, go to the same place that you hate, work with people you can’t stand, get paid far less than you’re worth, do things that don’t bring out your gifts, go back home to a place you call home, turn the TV on and watch sports, go to bed and get stuck in traffic the next morning again, going to the same place you don’t like, doing something you don’t want to do, getting paid far less than you’re worth, and make you go until you are 65 and then they make you go and rock in a rocking chair. What a tragedy. And you call that life. I call it waste. You were born to fulfill an assignment, you were born to contribute to the world before you die. You were born to bring a difference to your generation, you were born to deliver something to us and Yah divinely imparted that gift to you. You came to earth because there is something that is created for you to do, that’s waiting for you to do it. That is why you are not happy on your job, you’re not happy because you are doing something that you weren’t born to do.
Your vision will always disturb your sight. Purpose will always make your job uncomfortable. Inside of you is your purpose screaming and you are on a job and it’s making your job uncomfortable because what you were born to do always comes against what you are doing unless what you are doing it. You are not a mistake. You are a divine deposit on planet earth. Not brought here just to pay a mortgage off. The source of divine impartation is the inspiration you get from purpose. The greatest tragedy in life is to live without purpose. Proverbs 19:21 NIV version says Many are the plans in a man’s heart but it is The Most High’s purpose that will prevail over all of his plans. This verse is powerful. Let me tell you what it means from the Hebrew language. It means you have many ideas and plans for your own life, what you want to do, where you want to go, who you want to marry, what kind of career you want, what you want to invest in, where you want to live, what you want to build, even your ministry. You’ve got all these plans for your life he says but I’ve already got a purpose for your life. And then he says my purpose will prevail over all of your plans. This means 3 things.
1. Purpose is more important than plans.
2. Purpose is more powerful than plans.
3. Purpose precedes plans.
Yah says I don’t care what you plan, my purpose will prevail over all of your plans. That means you will never be happy, never be satisfied until you are doing what I purposed for your birth. Purpose therefore will make you uncomfortable until you find it. If purpose is more important than anything in your life to Yah then it’s more important for you to know purpose than to know plans. In other words, Yah is saying before you make plans for your life, consult me for your purpose. And make your plans according to the purpose I have for your life so that you don’t waste your time. Because see if you make plans that are not Yah’s purpose for your life you are wasting time, energy, resources, investment, ideas, investment of your character, you are wasting your life. It’s possible to be successfully wrong. Purpose is Yah’s number 1 desire. What is purpose? Purpose means original intent. Reason for creation, reason for existence, original idea. Purpose is the motivation that made a manufacturer make a product. The product exists for the purpose made by the manufacturer. Yah says before you were even born and conceived to make plans, I had already an idea for your life. You are not a mistake. Yah did not create you and decide, what am I going to do with this one? No. He had something already established then he produced you to get it for him. Purpose is the most important thing to Yah. Purpose means will. Original intent. Purpose is the established intent that caused production. Purpose proceeds production. The purpose comes first. Purpose motivates production.
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