Begin with an end in mind

Have you ever wondered why God wants to give His people vision?

God gave Abraham vision of multitude descendants; this caused him to trust God and followed God wholeheartedly. God gave Joseph the vision of his family members bow down to him; this caused him to persevere during his hardship. God gave Paul the vision to plant churches at Macedonia, this caused him to plant churches in whole Macedonia (which is today Europe). Can you imagine this? What happened if they didn’t receive vision from God?

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.

From the example of all these godly men, we can see that God has a purpose in giving vision to His people. He wants His people to begin with an end in mind. Without vision, God’s people will be wondering around without purpose and without direction. Because of the vision given by God, all these godly man stayed on track of what God had called them. It is necessary for God to give them vision for them to begin with an end in mind. With the vision, they knew where they should channel their energy. With the vision, they persevere, they stayed focus, they have had hope and they didn’t give up.

I thank God for He has give me a vision, this help me to stay focus. I have a dream; one day revival will come to Malacca. Hope Malacca will be functioning as an Antioch to churches. Missionaries and church planters being sent forth from Hope Malacca, if they need to be recharged they can always comeback to their Antioch (Hope Malacca) and move on again, just as what Paul did.