20/20 Vision is more than seeing, your strength is believing the unseen.
“Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ”
Vision:
20/20 Vision is an absolute mandate from the Lord this year. He wants us to see the horizon and all its implications with complete clarity. We cannot operate in a dark hazy place where we are apt to stumble over ourselves, or much worse, lose our way to him.
God seeks warriors in his Kingdom, fearless, faithful agents of light to carry out the end of times directives, the enemy knows his days are numbered and he dispatches his legion of dark workers to win back any and all souls we are able to bring to the light.
He never intended for us to limit ourselves to language that limits itself to the reasoning of human power. Our limitless God wishes for us to bask in the light of his limitless power.
He can whisper a soft command that changes the trajectory of anyone right on the spot. He can send the gentle breeze of the Holy Spirit that can strengthen and encourage a soul weakened by circumstances beyond their control.
Habakkuk 2:2-4
“Then the Lord answered me and said:
Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry. Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith”.
The mandate is clear, we are to ask for his plan and then we have to wait for God’s perfect timing, this is the hard part, to wait and to trust God,
Psalm 34:15
“The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
And His ears are open to their cry”.
The enemy puts up screens that mask as doubt, he tells us that we are not enough for whatever we endeavor to do. The trick here is our response to him. I can do all things…
Warriors
Romans 8:37
“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us”.
Jesus fought spiritual warfare and he did it with authority and power that made Satan and demons flee his presence. We have be given as believers this same power and authority, the trick is to be able to wield it!
2 Corinthians 10:5
Mindfulness
“Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ”.
We must have the strength spiritually to be able to control our thoughts through a constant intimate relationship with God. How do we do this? Fasting and prayer.
Faith
Hebrews 11:1-3
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony”.
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible”.
TRUST
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
“In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths”.
The key to seeing the manifestation of God is to follow his lead, unwavering and steadfast, your reward is the positive outcome.
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
1 John 5:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
Confidence and Compassion in Prayer
“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us”.
AUTHORITY:
MATTHEW 16:19
“And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven”.
CONFIDENCE
Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you”.
WHY?
The unique characteristic of the work we are doing in the kingdom is such, that we don’t work in order to go to heaven; we are working because they (those we are reaching) get a shot at going to heaven. Our pride melts away, we do not give way to fear instead, that fear is replaced with gratitude and joy.