Vision

Watching my son grow up into boyhood has been a great gift to me. His imagination seems limitless and he quite possibly has one of the sweetest hearts on the planet. He inspires me.

Just the other night he and I were talking and I asked him what he wanted to be when he grows up. His eyes brimmed with excitement and he didn't have to think at all because it's been on his mind, on his lips and in his heart for about the past year...."I'm going to be a superhero!"

Now I'm trying to train up a child here and so I try to redirect those thoughts towards God and I say something like, "Bud, you know what dad would love for you to do when you grow up? I would love for you to go around the world and tell others about Jesus and how much He loves them. You know there are a lot of boys and girls who don't know how much God loves them and haven't even heard of Jesus....don't you think we should tell them?"

Of course his response comes without a second of hesitation and in complete childlike faith...."Why don't I be Superman and fly over the ocean to the world and when I get there I can change back into a person and then tell them about Jesus and then put on my Superman costume again and fly back?"

Sweet but ridiculous, don't you think? Let me ask you... why can't we have a vision for the world that sounds so ridiculous we could never accomplish it ourselves?

I read recently of a Pastor who was praying in his study for God to bless and be with his ministry. He was prostrate on the floor pouring his heart into his prayer and confessing that he didn't want to preach without God's power. However, he declared that suddenly it seemed that the roof over him opened and a hand came down and touched his shoulder and it seemed that God's voice spoke within him, saying, "My son, stop praying! When he became quiet, the Voice seemed to clearly say, "My son, with plans no bigger than yours, you don't need my power!"

When you hold a seed in your hand do you see just a seed.....or do you see a forest? "Where there is no vision, the people perish." - Proverbs 29:18

God, give us a vision and a heart for the world that is all encompassing and Christ directed! Give us vision that is impossible for us to accomplish on our own. He's given it to Grant....can't He give it to you?