“Nathan gave David a complete
and accurate report of everything he heard and saw in the vision”
1
Chronicles 17:15 (MSG)
The
word vision means ‘to see.’ Have you come to see what God wants to do with your
life, or are you still experimenting with your life. “If people
can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves …” Proverbs 29:18
(MSG).
God’s
word translation puts Proverbs 29:18 in this way, “Without
prophetic vision people run wild, but blessed are those who follow God's
teachings.”
.
The
ideology or message of a ministry should be in line with God’s vision for that
ministry. What was God’s vision when He instituted the church? What was His dream.
It is important we know it because, when purpose is not known, abuse is
inevitable.
For
instance, Paul the Apostle was an example of a minister whose ministry
teachings and even prayer, was in line with God’s vision given to him. The
purpose of Paul’s vision is found in Acts 26:18, “To open
their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from
the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”
If
you study Paul’s writing, you will discover that this guided his philosophy,
his ideology of ministry and even his prayer. This we see in his prayer in Eph.
1:16 – 17 (BBE), “Give praise without end for you, keeping you in mind in my prayers;
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; And that having the
eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of
his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints”
The
church today must also do the same thing. Everything we do must be in line with
God’s vision for the church. The church must not copy the world like we see in
some places today. That is the Babylonian system. If the church should go in
that direction, it is designed to fail.
There
was a time in this nation when there was a craze to invest in the Nigerian Stock
Exchange, to the point that even churches were pressurizing their members to
invest. But the Lord told me not to join them, He just told me to keep on teaching
my members the word. Not long afterwards, the Nigerian stock Exchange crashed.
As
a child of God or as a minister, greed must not drive you. Instead be led by
the Spirit in God’s plan and purpose for your life and the church.
PRAYER
Father
I ask that you help me and other members of the body of Christ, to always align
ourselves with your vision for the Church. I ask that you expose every seed of
falsehood that have entered into our belief system. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Read:
2 Samuel 7:17, Jeremiah 23:28, Acts 20:27.
DOING THE WORD
Do
not add to what God has called you to do. Just do what He has called you to do
faithfully. Never copy the world.
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