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We were born to achieve something significant. Your life is not an experiment. You were designed to fulfill a need in this generation. You are called to greatness!

Let’s make a quick distinction between sight (seeing) and vision.

Sight is the ability to see things as they are. Vision is the ability to see things as they can be.
Sight is the function of the eyes but  Vision is the function of the heart, the inner man.

Vision is the fuel for persistence and it’s roots are in faith. Vision commits the heart to the prize, something you know God has purposed for you to do.

Vision lives inside our dreams. It compels us to what could or should change and carries the growing responsibility to see it happen.

“A young man did a college paper in his economics class on his vision for overnight mail. The professor took a red pen and gave him a “C” and wrote, “Do not dream of things that cannot happen”. The young man left school and started Federal Express.”

What a great and compelling story about the power of a vision.

The truth of the matter is that we cannot have vision unless we know our purpose. Discovering our purpose leads to meaning and meaning stirs up vision. If we do not know our godly purpose we will fall short of a godly vision. 

Acts 13:36  “For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation..."

David discovered and served God's purpose in his own generation. His vision came out of what he believed God purposed him to do. We can to.

Purpose then is when you know and understand what you were born to accomplish.
Vision is when you begin to see in your heart, by faith, your role in His purpose.

Vision is a glimpse of our future that God has purposed.
Purpose is the source of your vision.

More to come on vision and some ways to discover yours.

“As a leader, you rarely have certainty, but you should always have clarity.”
— Andy Stanley