| "Where there is no vision, the people perish ..." | | | | those who have vision. They just know they have to |
| Pro.29:18A vision is a dream, a divine idea or a | | | | do something everyday to get to where they are |
| revelation from God concerning a man's future. The | | | | going.There is no way that you will have a vison that |
| main essence of man's existence is to have | | | | you won't get to your destination. This is |
| something he is living for and pursuing on a daily basis: | | | | IMPOSSIBLE! The life you will live after you have |
| a vision. A man without vision is one who lacks | | | | reached your destination will be far enjoyable than if |
| direction, sees progress in life as a challenge and he | | | | you have no vision. The vision you have now, will |
| always ends up frustrated.If we are all living for | | | | determine where you will be in 5 or 10 years times. I |
| something, it will be for our own good. The future will | | | | learnt that we take more time in planning our |
| become clearer and we will be filled with hope to | | | | wardrobe, parties and all other smaller things than we |
| attend to our everyday challenges. No matter what is | | | | plan our future! This is incredible but TRUE! People can |
| happening to him presently, a man with a God-given | | | | deliberate for hours on how they are going to dress |
| vision is never bothered because there is a picture he | | | | to a party but rarely spend minutes to plan for their |
| is carrying about that no one else is sseing but | | | | future! The main reason majority of us look to the |
| himself. Vision has a lot of benefits that comes with | | | | future with fear rather than hope is because we |
| it and a man that has one will always be a | | | | have not taken time to plan our future. A visionless |
| beneficiary.Have you ever heard that, "a man who | | | | future will always be trepidating."The world stand |
| has soemthing to live for never dies?" If you have | | | | aside to let those pass, who know where they are |
| not, please read the story of Simeon in Luke2:25-29. | | | | going." Do you know know where you are going? Do |
| Vision keeps people alive even if they are right off | | | | you have a plan for the next five years of your life? |
| medically. There are stories of several people that | | | | If the next five years comes, providing Jesus tarries, |
| battled death to a stand still just because they have | | | | will you be happy with where you find yourself?If |
| something to live for. Vision also gives meaning to life. | | | | you have never asked yourself where you want to |
| Just because you are in a place you know you were | | | | be in years to come, there is no better time than |
| not meant to be, will not make your life worthless if | | | | now. Ask God to help you in reaching for a |
| you have a vision. You will understand that where | | | | destination. He is always ready to reveal our future |
| you are going is better than where you are and you | | | | to us if only we can ask Him, Jer.33:3. I asked Him |
| are only in such a position for a while. Even when | | | | what he want me to do several years ago and he |
| others have lost hope, yours will be increasing with | | | | didn't fail me so He will NEVER fail you if you can but |
| each passing day. When others are giving up, you are | | | | ASK!Let me end with these wonderful quotes: "Life |
| moving on.Another importance of vision is that it | | | | means little without purpose. Once his life aim is gone, |
| bring discipline into our lives. People with vision and | | | | man simply exists - he does not really live."Aspiration |
| those without one are miles apart. If you have a | | | | is the hand that points us the road that runs |
| vision, you will never waste your time on things that | | | | heavenward. As your vision is, so will your life |
| do not matter, you will always do something that will | | | | be.""When people have not decided their destination |
| contribute to where you are going everyday. You will | | | | in life, any road can take them there. if you are not |
| understand the value of time and the type of people | | | | sure where you are going, then any road will take |
| you hang out with. Everyday when an antelope | | | | you there. determine where you want to go and be |
| wakes up, it knows it has to outrun the fastest lion if | | | | determined NOTHING will ever stop you from getting |
| it has to survive the day and the lion wakes up | | | | there!"This is to your success.Adebola OniAdebola Oni |
| knowing fully well that if it doesn't run faster than | | | | is the Author of "The Lessons Of Life". So many |
| the fastest antelope, hunger will be his lot for the | | | | lives have been touched by his newsletter, Life |
| day. This is the discipline that vision enforces on | | | | Lessons Digest. |