IN PURSUIT OF VISION

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)

• Discovery of purpose is paramount to success in life. You need to know God's plan for your life as an individual, which is also known as vision.

• Knowing God's plan for your life, also known as VISION, makes you a success in life.
  To whatever extent, it is not enough to know God's plan for your life: you need to fight to defend the plan, the vision, that you may fulfil it: “Fight the good fight of faith...” (1 Timothy 6:12).
  There are people who may not want you to fulfil the vision.
• There are vision killers. Some would want to kill the vision while some would want you to derail, deviate, from the vision; by giving you another vision (Genesis 37:17-20; Ezra 4:1-3).
• Not only that, some would want to talk you out of the vision, hence, you need to fight to keep the vision alive and to fulfil it (Nehemiah 6:1-9).

“and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.”
Matthew 10:36 (NKJV)

“For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.”
Micah 7:6 (NKJV)

• Take note:

• Vision is in phases, it has stages. God unfolds vision gradually, systematically, and progressively.

“Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land.”
Exodus 23:30 (NKJV)

• At every stage or phase of your vision, assignment, the devil will always orchestrate someone or people to come your way in order to cause you to derail, hinder you not to move forward, or make progress to another level.
• You have to be dogged in your commitment to the vision.
• You need to fight the fight of faith, resist the devil, powers of darkness, that may want to stop you or abort the vision.
• You use weapons of prayer, fasting and the Word of God, knowing that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal—not physical.

1. “In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.
2. Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
3. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly [supernatural] places.
4. Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious].
   Ephesians 6:10-13 (Amp.)

• You must be resolute, determined, and stubbornly committed to the vision, in order to fulfil it.

"And say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
Colossians 4:17 (NKJV)

• It is my prayer that you will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace!