Week of January 19, 2024
I have always been a person who writes everything down. In fact, my wife Dana says that when I die, she is going to put all my notes in the casket with me: my notes give me clarification for the day, the week, and the year. Some people wander from one thing to the next without clarification of their purpose. If your purpose is unclear, you will not be inspired, your attention will not be riveted, and your energy level will fade. Once, when the prophet Habakkuk was in prayer, God told him to write down the vision. “2Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.” Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NKJV)
I would encourage you to write down your vision and goals for the year. A clear vision statement will free you from confusion, passivity dissipates, and inspiration to pursue those written-down goals runs deep. Now, these written-down goals do not mean that there will never be any down times. It doesn’t mean that there will never be delays and disappointments. It does mean when those times come, that you will not lose sight of what you are pursuing. At God’s appointed time, the vision becomes reality. Do you have a vision statement? Do you have goals for 2024? Are they written down?
God Bless, Pastor Rick