How To Make Your Vision Correspond With God

Pro 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." KJV No vision means to pass to an inferior condition. The vision must be kept alive, it must be nurtured and it must be watered for it to come to pass. How do we cooperate with the Lord, what can we do to help the vision to come to pass where it becomes a reality in our lives? Principle ingredients for the vision: It comes from God, how is it be done, the method and the timing for which the vision will come to pass. The timing must be allowed to come to full maturity, otherwise failure may be the result. There is a time of preparation. Pro 19:2 "Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark." AMP Pro 19:2 "Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth" KJV Psa 62:5 "My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him." KJV Something on the inside of us recognizes the vision that God has given to us in all areas of our lives and we will be constantly drawn to that calling. Pro 24:14 "So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off" KJV Psa 37:4 "Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart" KJV Delight means to be pliable or expandable. Delight must come first, our desires, dreams and visions do not come first. The delight in the Lord must be first. lst principle in being in cooperation with God is to delight ourselves in the Lord. We must not allow our dream or vision to be first or to be eroded with time. He will then give us the desires of our heart. Our desires will come in alignment with the plan and purpose of God. God's plan, dream or expectation is always bigger than we imagin. We must be expandable and submissive to His plan or purpose for us. Sometimes this can be very challenging, but we must come in line, being submissive with His plan. It is a time of growth, not limiting ourselves. Phil 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;" KJV The cry of our heart must be to know him. We will not be content until we do. Psa 77:12 "I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings" KJV Delight ourselves in the Lord, we will be meditating, talking of His greatness, not complaining of life around us. 2nd principle in being in cooperation with the Lord, regarding the vision that He has given us, is to surround ourselves with that vision.What happens if you don't? You will loose it. Surrounding ourselves must be with people who are of like faith, believing as you do that the vision can and will be accomplished. You cannot have people who are constantly telling you that you will fail and that the vision cannot work. When God calls you to do something, it will be something that is against your natural ability, so you must hang around wise people, those who will encourage and not tear you down. Pro 13:20 "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed" KJV Pro 14:7 "Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge." KJV Challenges are there regardless of what is trying to be accomplished. The people we hang around with will either lift us up or bring us down. We must keep our focus on God. All things are subject to change. 2 Cor 4:17-18 "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" KJV Pro 24:14 "So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off" KJV Hab 2:1-4 "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry 4Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith." KJV Jonah 2:8 "They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy." KJV Jonah faced his obstacles, repented and did what the Lord had told him. Read the book of Nehemiah to see how he approached the vision that he had regarding Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the wall. He was not a preacher, he was just an ordinary man, the worker. He had been taken captive to Babylon, he was the kings cupbearer. He inquired about the city of Jerusalem and found out that the walls were in disrepair. Nehemiah began to have the vision of going back and repairing the city, but many obstacles stood in his way. He had to get the kings permission to go, he had no money. He began to pray, he knew that he had the plan of God, so he prayed for favor. He ask the king for permission to go back, the king gave permission, the king gave him money, he granted him safety to pass through other countries and gave him a title so that he would be the governor of Jerusalem. Nehemiah wanted to rebuild the city and the walls to reflect the glory of God. He had workers to rebuild, but had much oppostion to what he planned to do. There were outside people who tried to destroy the work that was being done. Nehemiah did not focus on the criticism, but prayed and focused on the glory of God, he did not allow the vision to be eroded. People tried to put fear on him, but he refused to be drawn into their negative attitudes. Fear will put you in a box, it puts limitations on you, puts you in the negative. Faith is the opposite of fear, faith will work for you. Those things you are believing for will come to pass. An example was Job, those things he feared came upon him. Nehemiah was threatened and he had to arm his workers, the workers took turns working and guarding those who were working. He refused to reason with his critics. It took 52 days to rebuild the wall. Nehe 2:20 "Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem" KJV 1)We delight ourselves in the Lord, 2) we surround ourselves with the vision, 3rd principle is a lot of hard work. We cannot just set back and think that the vision will come to pass. The dream or vision will not be cut off. Ecc 5:3 "For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words." KJV Pro 23:18 "For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off" KJV. Pro 24:14 "So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off" KJV The reward is you experiencing your dream, living it out, setting back and saying God you did it, thank you. Allow the dream, the vision on the inside of you to be rekindled. Let the Holy Spirit blow on your dream, dare to dream again. The tragedy of life is not when a man or woman dies, but what dies in a man or woman while they are alive. That is the real tragedy