Accomplishing the Vision
The other evening I stopped for a few minutes to watch the funeral service for Dr. Tommy Teague, the former pastor of North Richland Hill Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, who died recently on a trip to Israel. Lori and Jeff got to know him when they stayed in the missionary house of NRHBC. He was a fine man and a great pastor. Now, he is with the Lord Jesus Christ.
One of his friends eulogized him by saying that Dr. Teague was a man of vision. He defined vision as the "preferred future." It is what we would have for our life or for our church, if we could choose our future. Our vision should come from the Lord and His Word, but it is unique for each person and each church. It is one thing to have vision. It is a totally different thing to accomplish the vision.
What is your vision for your life? What is your preferred future? What are you doing to accomplish it? Not only should the vision come from God, the plans to accomplish it should come from Him, too. That is the great thing about God. If we will let Him, He will show us His wonderful plan for our lives, and He will show us how to obtain it. All we have to do it to faithfully obey His directions.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Proverbs 24-26.
One of his friends eulogized him by saying that Dr. Teague was a man of vision. He defined vision as the "preferred future." It is what we would have for our life or for our church, if we could choose our future. Our vision should come from the Lord and His Word, but it is unique for each person and each church. It is one thing to have vision. It is a totally different thing to accomplish the vision.
What is your vision for your life? What is your preferred future? What are you doing to accomplish it? Not only should the vision come from God, the plans to accomplish it should come from Him, too. That is the great thing about God. If we will let Him, He will show us His wonderful plan for our lives, and He will show us how to obtain it. All we have to do it to faithfully obey His directions.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Proverbs 24-26.