Word for Today, Tue, 06 Ju1 2004: Visions Become Reality
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's message is about turning a vision into a reality. There
are plenty of times that we have dreams or visions of where we'd
like to be and what we'd like to do. When we receive a vision
from God, it is definitely something to pursue, but it's not
necessarily an easy thing to do. This message describes how God
uses visions to shape us into the people He wants us to be.
Oswald Chambers is a very articulate and careful writer of
devotional messages. Originally, the messages were transcribed
from his own sermon notes and messages by his wife Gertrude. We
receive it and pass it along, courtesy of gospelcom.net.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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July 6
Visions Become Reality
The parched ground shall become a pool... -Isaiah 35:7
We always have a vision of something before it actually becomes
real to us. When we realize that the vision is real, but is not
yet real in us, Satan comes to us with his temptations, and we
are inclined to say that there is no point in even trying to
continue. Instead of the vision becoming real to us, we have
entered into a valley of humiliation.
Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And battered by the shocks of doom
To shape and use.
God gives us a vision, and then He takes us down to the valley
to batter us into the shape of that vision. It is in the valley
that so many of us give up and faint. Every God-given vision
will become real if we will only have patience. Just think of
the enormous amount of free time God has! He is never in a
hurry. Yet we are always in such a frantic hurry. While still
in the light of the glory of the vision, we go right out to do
things, but the vision is not yet real in us. God has to take
us into the valley and put us through fires and floods to batter
us into shape, until we get to the point where He can trust us
with the reality of the vision. Ever since God gave us the
vision, He has been at work. He is getting us into the shape of
the goal He has for us, and yet over and over again we try to
escape from the Sculptor's hand in an effort to batter ourselves
into the shape of our own goal.
The vision that God gives is not some unattainable castle in the
sky, but a vision of what God wants you to be down here. Allow
the Potter to put you on His wheel and whirl you around as He
desires. Then as surely as God is God, and you are you, you
will turn out as an exact likeness of the vision. But don't
lose heart in the process. If you have ever had a vision from
God, you may try as you will to be satisfied on a lower level,
but God will never allow it.
2003 RBC Ministries-Grand Rapids MI, 49555-0001
Authorized By The Oswald
Chambers Publications
Association, Ltd.
http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/utmost-devo/print.php?month=07&day=06
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Brian Masinick, mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/masinick/
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