fresh vision (this is good) // Monday E-Devotion

I read lots of newsletters and blogs and try to keep up with things that are having a great impact for God's kingdom.  One I ran across not along ago is Steve Sjogren and his site www.serve-others.com.  Always right on material about serving and being acting in the kingdom.  Today was good!

 

Fresh Vision    " I've discovered an amazing thing, fresh vision doesn't usually come during zippity do da times when everything good is happening, or when there is positive forward movement and things are good. Fresh vision usually comes during times of crisis. 

 

"At times vision is developed when we have hit a wall, when we have to dig deep, rethink and go back to the drawing board. For example: Israel faced a major crisis, the King had just died, What to do?, what to do? Isaiah dug deep, prayed and cried out. Then Isaiah saw the Lord, and was propelled inward to deal with his stuff and into outward-ness as the question was asked, 'Who will go for me?', 'Here am I send me,' was the answer."

Here are some different translations of Proverbs 29:18:

 

(nlt) When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.  But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

 

(msg) If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.

 

(nasb) Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law.

 

(kjv) Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

 

We need fresh vision.  We need more vision.  Yet we understand that even though the world, and we, has the need, unless God speaks, we listen and respond to God nothing will happen.  Lord, give us fresh vision!