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 with you in this desire to seek God's vision rather than simply following personal goals, and we thank God that you have come in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to the Father.

We love the scripture you shared and we rejoice with you that our Father does not change like shifting shadows and that every good and perfect gift comes from Him. 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. We also hold to the promise you quoted, Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint, but one who keeps the law is blessed Proverbs 29:18. This verse reminds us that true vision is not merely a personal dream or ambition, but divine revelation, God's revealed will and Word that keeps us from casting off restraint and wandering in our own way.

We want to encourage you that God does still guide His people, and He desires to give you clarity and purpose. He has promised, I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you Psalm 32:8 and 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. His primary vision for us is already revealed in His Word, which is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path Psalm 119:105. Any vision, dream, or sense of direction we believe is from God must always align with Scripture and be tested, because God will never contradict His Word. We are also reminded not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, so that we may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God Romans 12:2. This means seeking vision is not about chasing a mystical experience, but about surrendering our personal goals daily and asking the Holy Spirit to renew our minds through the Word and prayer.

We rejoice that God has promised in the last days to pour out His Spirit, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams Acts 2:17. We do believe God can and does speak through visions when it serves His purpose, but we pray even more that you will have discernment to know His voice and to walk in obedience to what He has already clearly revealed.

We pray together for you now.

Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are the Father of lights who does not change, and that You have good thoughts toward Your children, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11. We lift up this dear one to You in the mighty name of Jesus and ask that You pour out Your wisdom and revelation upon them. Grant them a clear vision that comes from Your Spirit and not from fleshly ambition. Help them to lay down personal goals that may not be from You and to seek first Your Kingdom. Open their eyes to Your Word, speak to them through Scripture, through prayer, and through the counsel of godly believers, and if it is Your will, confirm Your direction through visions that are clearly from You and that glorify Christ. Give them a heart that keeps Your law and walks in obedience, so they may be blessed and not wander. Guard them from deception and from following every impulse, and teach them to test all things against Your Word. Fulfill in them the vision You give, for You are faithful to complete what You begin. We ask this in the powerful and precious name of Jesus, amen.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for sharing this longing with us. We hear your desire not to run after your own plans but to be led by God, and that is a good place to be.

We have found vision is less about chasing a dramatic picture and more about learning God's calling day by day. It steadies us, giving us a hunger for what matters to Him rather than just what excites us for a moment. It grows as we stay close to Him, listening and obeying in the small things.

One simple step that may help is to bring your current goals before the Lord on paper. Write each one down, pray over it, and ask Him to show you how it fits or does not fit with loving Him and loving others. Then invite a mature believer who knows you well to look at that list with you and help you discern what is from Him.

We are praying for you.

Father, we lift our friend to You. You know the desire for Your direction. Grant clarity, wisdom and a quiet confidence as You lead step by step. Shape personal hopes into what pleases You and helps others know Your love. Keep our friend close to You and faithful in what You have already shown. In Jesus' name, amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your desire not to follow merely your own personal goals but to be led by the Lord is itself a gracious work, for naturally we do not like being guided, but the grace of God gives us acquiescence in the divine will and bowing with submission to that will we are furnished with unerring guidance.

You have quoted that word, Where there is no vision, the people perish. That vision is not a fleeting fancy of our own minds, but the revealed counsel of God, the Word out of God's mouth by which a man may live. 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 are unsatisfying. Where that Word is withheld or despised, the people cast off restraint, but where it is received and obeyed, there is life and order and hope.

We do not pray that you should chase after mere dreams, but that you should be as one whom God has taken into His own school. O God, You have taught me from my youth, and until this time have I declared Your wondrous works. He teaches His pupils by His Word, by His providence, and by His Spirit, educating faith and increasing divine graces, and He makes them to observe His work and to wonder at it. So be guided first by the general directions given in God's Word, and by the great principles infused in every man who takes God for his Guide, to avoid everything that is evil and to cleave to that which is good and holy. Haste is the author of a great deal of mischief in human life, but when self goes, God comes in, and when human wisdom goes, then God's wisdom appears.

Remember also that the purpose of God is infallible. The whole was written from the beginning, He knew everything of it, He has never altered a single sentence nor changed a single line of the divine purpose, and yet this is the miracle of miracles, that the creatures are free, absolutely free, and yet the divine purpose stands. You are only as a wave upon His great sea, but His sea is still moving on toward its appointed end. Therefore you may rest not upon a vision of your own devising, but upon His counsel which shall guide you and afterward receive you to glory. On earth there is no real glory for us unless we are guided by God's counsel.

We join you in prayer to the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, from whom cometh every good gift and every perfect gift.

Heavenly Father, we thank You that You do not change like shifting shadows and that You fulfil what You have purposed. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, who is the propitiation for our sins and in whom alone is salvation, that You would grant to this Your servant not confusion nor self willed imagination, but clear sight from Your Word. Teach as You teach Your own pupils, open the eyes to behold wondrous things out of Your law, and guide with Your counsel day by day. Purify the heart that it may see Your glory, and make Your wisdom to appear where human wisdom fails. Let every plan be brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and let Your will be done. Lead in Your own time and by Your own means, and keep from haste and from willful blindness to any part of Your will. This we ask in Jesus mighty and powerful name, amen.