What’s my Vision? What’s my Mission? What am I expected to do every day when I discover I am given another day to breathe. Where does true fulfillment come from?
It seems like the older I get, the more I become obsessed with meaningful living. It seems as if I have only just started to live. I am amazed at how life tricks us into thinking we have gained so much, achieved so much, learned so much and yet on the flip side reminds us forcefully that we still have much to attain. I am but a babe in this vast universe of the unknown, the unanswered and the unchartered and it would be foolish to think that I can successfully make it on my own. I need others and most of all I need God.
I am an achiever, I am constantly tossing around ideas in my head, business ideas, projects, self-development ideas, outreach ideas, writing ideas; I am literally bombarded. It’s the life I live every day and I can easily become consumed with thoughts of strategies that would make the next dream a reality.
Earlier I said I need others and I need God. My desire is never to just do things for the fame and attention of earthly beings but rather to evoke a smile from the one who created me. My desire was never to be a writer but here I am. Years ago, I sat my English Literature Exam and was the only one to achieve a passing grade in my school. At that time English Literature was a new subject and I loved it. I remember we had an English Teacher who read aloud to us, the book she read was based in the “English” culture and she made the fictional words transform to a seemingly real life experience in the class room. I later went on to write plays and directed a few at my Church during my days as a Youth Leader. It was easy for me to do because I enjoyed it. It was not my mission or goal to become a writer, but God has somehow seen it fit to place me on this path. So you see “My Vision” is important but God’s Vision has a wider scope and is the most strategic anyone can get. I look back now and I do see great value in what God is doing. This plan of me becoming a Writer started way back.
I am now much smarter and I refuse to wrestle with the one who knows me best. There is nothing wrong in having a vision or a mission, God expects us to invest our time wisely but don’t ever make the mistake and think that you can be successful on your own, that you are intelligent enough on your own. The one who created you has a serious advantage, he knows the future. So whatever I have put together in my head about “My Vision” or “My Mission”, I know now that it has to be part of His plan for me. So as I plan I am listening for directions.
My true fulfillment comes from knowing that what I am giving my energy and time to is ordained and blessed by God. True fulfillment comes from knowing that I am complete in God. True fulfillment comes from accepting my weaknesses and submitting them to his enabling strength. True fulfillment comes from sharing my gift with others and seeing how it influences them to do the same. True fulfillment comes from stepping out of my comfortable space into unknown territory with only faith by my side? Ture fulfillment comes from sincere introspection of myself and acknowledgement of the changes that needs to be made. True fulfillment comes from sitting at the feet of Jesus and learning, not being too busy to spend time with God. In other words my vision is God’s vision for me. Sometimes we think we know what we are passionate about more than God, but we don’t. He would amaze us if we practice planning leaving enough room for adjustments as we give him the space he deserves. Remember, he knows us BEST!
