It is My Vision

Posted by Andrea Griggs on June 14th, 2010 in Blog | 2 Comments

I woke up sometime during the night, and I have been up for a while now. For some reason, I have been examining my life. Here’s an overview:

I have accomplished a few things, but the main task has yet to be completed. I see so many pictures and ways that I want to have things unfold for my future, but the full picture is not complete. Finally, I come to a rude awakening. I know what it is. IT IS MY VISION!

It is not the vision I get when I put on my glasses or my prescribed contact lenses. It’s the ultimate vision! The one that God placed inside of me for my life and it is serious because it has to perfectly line up with what His will is. I start questioning myself: Where do I see myself and why is that not clear to me? (I am truly baffled as to why I can’t see it.) What things am I reaching for or hoping for?

Once the battle in my mind begins to settle, I wonder how I became so lost. I think about the goals I set and have accomplished, but now I can’t seem to recall where the majority of them (goals) have run off to. I remember the day I came home and announced to my mother that I wanted to do what Monica Pearson does. I was so excited that I had finally found my niche, and had finally found the answer to the dreaded question, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” I believe some people are born knowing what they are to become, however, that was not the case with me. It took me until right before my graduation from high school to declare what I was interested in pursuing as a career.

I recently spoke with a close friend who told me she couldn’t wait to move into a career that she truly enjoys and I asked her how long she had been working on her current job. Her reply was sixteen year. Upon hearing her response, I immediately realized that I was the one preventing myself from walking the way that the Lord designed for me (from completing my assigned mission). We all have a mission, but who are we asking for our assignment Papers?

I now know that I began my life seeking my own selfish ambitions.

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slave to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? (Romans 6:16)

I now realize that I never consulted the One who gave me the assignment. It took 37 years for me to realize that God will only grant you what you ask for. I had never asked him for the direction he wanted me to go in, I simply asked him for the jobs and direction that I thought were best for my life.

Robert J. Kriegel, a motivational speaker, once said, “The shame in life is not to fail to reach your dream, but to fail to have a dream to reach.”

I now say as God said, “Write the vision and make it plain.”