Vision

Hi and welcome back to another Elevator Talk Podcast. Today I want to unpack the word Vision Vision Proverbs 29:18: In order for you to achieve your goals in life, you have to have vision, because if not you will accomplish nothing. Where there is no vision the people parish and in order to move forward, you have to have vision. Let’s unpack the word Vision: V= Visualize, you have to be able to see the picture in your mind of what it is you want. When God plants something inside of you, start doing it. God’s desire is to move us forward. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says do a job so well that nobody in the past, present or future can do it any better. I= Internalize, embrace it and accepted it as your own. Visualize yourself doing the thing you want to do. Instead of saying “you and they”, say “I and me” make it applicable to you. S= Strategize, you have to come up with a plan. Nothing ever just happens without a plan. Most people don’t take the time to come up with step by step plan to accomplish their goal(s). You can always wing it and think it’s going to work out. Moses had to come up with a strategy to lead the people out of Egypt. Joshua had to come up with a strategy to conquer the land. Nehemiah had to have a strategy to rebuild the wall. We “all” need a strategy! You have to have a plan. I= Initiate, Proverbs 12:24 says the hand of the diligent will rule. Take the initiative and do something about it, stop waiting on other people to do things. There is always going to be someone that stands around saying, somebody needs to do this, that, or the other- you do it. Nobody is going to just hand you a job, you have to apply for it. Take the lead, Noah did and built the ark. What vision(s) has God given you? O= Overcome, anything that is worth having, you are going to have to go through some stuff. Anything worth having is going to cost you something. In order to fly, you will have to deal with some turbulence. There will be some bumps and challenges but keep pushing forward. Don’t let your challenges make you q