350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. In the first year they were there they established a town site. The next year they elected a town government. The third year the town government planned to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness. In the fourth year the people tried to impeach their town government because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness.
Here were people who had the vision to see three thousand miles across the ocean and overcome great hardships to get there. But in just a few years they were not able to see five miles outside of town.
They had lost their pioneering vision.
With a clear vision of what we can become in Christ, no ocean of difficulty is too great. However without it, we rarely move beyond our current boundaries.
It’s a sad day for any person or church when they become absolutely satisfied with the deeds they are doing, the thoughts they are thinking, the life they are living, until there ceases forever beating on the doors of their souls a desire to do something greater for God.
The truth is, time has a way of taking our passion away. Can you remember a time when your passion and your love for Jesus was more fervent than it is now? Can you remember when you were more interested in sharing your faith with others? Can you remember a time when you wanted to do something big for God?
Nobody consciously chooses mediocrity. All of us want to be a part of doing something great for God. But to do something great for God, to be part of something that is bigger than us, requires a fresh vision from God,
The good news is that God wants to freshen our vision. He wants to do great things through His people. He does not want us to remain static, or grow stagnant. His moving on the hearts of His people has always preceded a new breakthrough, and that’s available to us right now.
“Caleb interrupted, called for silence before Moses and said, ‘Let’s go up and take the land—now. We can do it.…If God is pleased with us, He will lead us into that land.’”
(Numbers 13)
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