Vision

[Kensem]

Proverbs 29:18 says "Where there is no vision, the people perish:..." Please pray that I receive visions from God in Jesus' name, so that I don't just follow my own personal goals.


Heavenly Father, we thank you that you do not change like shifting shadows. You fulfil the visions you give us. Hallelujah!

It is written „Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
In Jesus' mighty and powerful name, amen.

 

[Articles]

We join you in this beautiful desire to be led by the Lord and not by your own understanding, and we thank God for your heart that wants His vision above your own personal goals.

We love that you quoted Proverbs 29:18, and we want to gently share the full richness of that verse with you. In truth it says Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed. Proverbs 29:18. The vision spoken of there is not merely a personal dream or ambition, but divine revelation, the Word and will of God revealed to His people. Without His revelation we wander, but when we keep His law and walk in His light we are blessed and kept on the right path. Your prayer is therefore very biblical, to ask God to reveal His will so you do not cast off restraint and follow only what seems right in your own eyes.

We also rejoice with you that our Father does not change like shifting shadows. As it is written Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow. James 1:17. If God gives you a vision, He is faithful to fulfill it in His perfect timing, for His gifts are good and perfect and His character never varies. We also remember the promise For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. And we are reminded to Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6.

We encourage you to continue to seek visions from God while staying firmly rooted in His Word, for His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path. Psalm 119:105. In these last days God has promised It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17. So we do believe God still speaks through dreams and visions, but we also test every vision against Scripture, for God will never give a vision that contradicts His Word, and we wait patiently for its fulfillment for the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay. Habakkuk 2:3. We encourage you to seek Him daily in prayer, in the Word, and in quiet listening, and to ask for wisdom, for if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. James 1:5.

We pray together with you now.

Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow, and that every good and perfect gift comes from Your hand. We thank You for this dear one who desires Your vision and not merely personal goals. We ask in the mighty name of Jesus that You pour out Your wisdom and revelation upon them. Grant them, according to Your will, visions and dreams that are from Your Holy Spirit, and give them clear discernment to know what is from You and what is not. Help them to test all things against Your Word and to walk in obedience to what You reveal. Lead them away from leaning on their own understanding and make their paths straight as they acknowledge You in all their ways. Fulfill the vision You have for their life in Your perfect timing and for Your glory, that they may walk in the hope and future You have prepared for them. Give them patience to wait, faith to trust, and courage to obey. We ask this in the powerful and precious name of Jesus Christ, our only access to Your throne, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We appreciate you sharing this with us, that desire to be led by God rather than just chasing your own plans is a humble and good desire, and we are glad to pray with you for it.

We hear how much you want clarity that comes from Him, not just ambition or your own ideas. That kind of vision is less about a dramatic picture and more about a steady direction for your life, an appetite for what God wants above what feels pressing in the moment. It grows as we stay close to Him, listening in prayer, staying rooted in what He has already shown us in His Word, and letting Him shape our motives over time.

One simple practice that helps many people is to bring what you sense God may be showing you into the light with others. As you pray for guidance, it can help to write down what you feel He is impressing on you, keep seeking Him consistently, and share those thoughts with a trusted pastor or mature believer who knows you well. They can help you weigh it with wisdom and see how it fits with how God is already at work in your life.

Father, we bring our friend before You and thank You that You are steady and faithful. We ask You to give clear direction and a quiet confidence to follow Your way, not just personal goals. Give wisdom to discern Your leading and peace to walk step by step as You make the path clear. We ask this in Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

There is a commendable longing in your prayer, a desire not to walk according to your own personal goals but to be led by the Lord, and that desire itself is a good gift cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

You have quoted Proverbs 29:18, Where there is no vision, the people perish. That vision is not to be understood as a private dream or an ecstatic sight granted to one soul alone, but as the revealed counsel and Word of God. Where that Word is not preached and obeyed, the people cast off restraint. Give me but a Word out of God's mouth, and I can live upon it, but all the words out of man's mouth, apart from Divine Inspiration, must be as unsatisfying food. What you need, and what we shall pray that you receive, is not a new revelation beyond Scripture, but an opened eye to see and an obedient heart to follow the revelation already given.

Our counsel to you is that you be guided by the general directions given in God's Word. There are great principles infused in every man who takes God for his Guide, among them to avoid everything that is evil and to bow with submission to the will of God. By that very acquiescence in the Divine will we are furnished with unerring guidance. Haste is the author of a great deal of mischief in human life, but he that waits upon the Lord and searches His Word shall find Divine Wisdom. When self goes, God comes in, and when human wisdom goes, then God's Wisdom appears.

Remember also that the Divine purpose stands sure and infallible. You and I are as waves of His great sea, yet the great divine sea of His purpose is still moving on. He knew everything from the beginning and has never altered a single line of the Divine purpose. This is the miracle of miracles, that the creature is free, absolutely free, and yet the Divine purpose stands. You need not fear that you shall miss His will if you keep close to Christ and to His Word. He who taught you from your youth will still teach you, and He will enable you to declare His wondrous works as you walk in His way.

Our prayer for you therefore is this.

Heavenly Father, we thank You that You do not change like shifting shadows and that Your counsel shall stand. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ, through whose blood alone we have access and salvation, that You would grant to this Your servant not a chasing after visions and signs, but a clear sight of Your revealed will in Scripture. Illuminate the Word to his understanding, make him to love it and to obey it, and guide him with Your counsel day by day. Dethrone obstinacy and self will, and give a submissive heart that delights to do Your will. Fulfil Your own purpose in his life, purify him as silver is refined, and lead him in the way everlasting, that on earth he may know Your guidance and afterward be received to glory. We ask this in Jesus mighty and powerful name, amen.