The Power of Vision: Recognizing God’s Call by Ericka Jackson - HTML preview

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How Do I Know God’s Specific Vision For Me? Will What I Want Be Different From What God Wants For My Life?

This is the life question, isn’t it? You have probably heard so much about your dreams, your vision and your purpose, that it leaves you wondering if what you want for yourself is what God wants for you. As you move forward on The Lord’s path for your life, more and more of God’s vision for your life will reveal itself. Remember, God gave you imagination, emotions, passion and a whole host of tools to know what He would have you do. He created you with passion and joy for those things that come naturally to you. There are signs all around you, all you have to do is ask for it to be revealed and listen to your life.

Begin to ask yourself the question, “If the money were handled (if you no longer had to work for money), what would I do?” After the first week of sleeping in, what would you do? What difference would you make? Who would you serve? How would you serve them? Somewhere in your answer lies your life’s work.

God’s Word tells us that He will give you the desires of your heart. This should give you some insight and comfort to know that as long as it is for the good of God and His Kingdom, God will bless you with the desires of your heart. Striving toward living His Word daily keeps you headed in the right direction and will eliminate any gaps you feel between what you would like to do and what God would have you do.

Although there are challenging times in your Christian walk, it should not feel like drudgery. When you are on the path of God’s vision, you feel joy no matter what your circumstances look like. You have a faithful sense of knowing that it is coming together soon. You are deeply fulfilled and focused on moving forward. You feel energized, excited and positive. If what you are doing feels like slow torture, it’s a great sign that it is not your vision.

What is your vision? What has God shown you that you are to do? What will living your vision look like? What will it feel like? It will feel like part imagination (remember, God gave you your imagination, too), part _______________________________________________ dream and part fantasy, but let it rip. Let yourself see _______________________________________________ clearly what you are capable of if you moved yourself _______________________________________________ out of the way. Go ahead…close your eyes and see it. _______________________________________________ Feel it. Taste it. Breathe it. Write it. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
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