"Holy,
holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; His glory fills the whole earth" ~Isaiah
6:3
Vision matters! If you’re sitting on a plane and your
pilot came out of the cockpit and he was being led by a stewardess wearing dark
sunglasses you would become greatly concerned and you would want to exit the
plane immediately! The same would go if you
were going to have heart surgery and the surgeon was blind or if you are a
passenger in a car on a crowed freeway and the driver was blind. In these cases the ‘lack’ of vision could be fatal. But what about ‘life’ vision, the idea of
knowing where you are going and knowing how to get there. People who have that kind of knowledge are extraordinary
and are often times called ‘visionaries’.
These visionaries have helped shape the world we live in, the light
bulb, antibiotics, computers, all are products of such people.
But what about God, can a vision of God change your
life? Isaiah was a prophet of God, but
when he ‘saw’ a vision of God his life took on a different meaning and
direction. God revealed himself to
Isaiah and Isaiah was changed forever.
Seeing God high and lifted up, Isaiah saw his own sin. He realized how unholy he was in the light of
a Holy God. Isaiah confessed his sin and
God restored him. The restored Isaiah
then heard the voice of the Lord and Isaiah surrendered to God’s direction for
his life. Isaiah had seen the Lord and prophesied
with a new boldness and courage. He knew
where he was going and he knew nothing could stop him, because he had a vision
of a glorious God.
In life I think we have too small of a vision of
God. We have reduced Him to something
small and convenient. We don’t want Him intruding
on our everyday life, or our fun. But if
we find ourselves in a bind we beg for His help, like He is some kind of magic Jeannie. The sad part is when our prayers are left
unanswered we will turn and blame God for the whole mess. But if we were able to see God for whom He
really is, the all-powerful, all-knowing God.
A God who knows the details of every hair on your head, a God who has planned
out every event to the smallest of details from eternity to eternity to reveal
His glory. If you could see this God in His entire splendor and majesty and you
could realized this glorious God had a plan and a purpose for your life that
was unshakeable. How would that change
your life, how would you live out the rest of your days? Would you surrender all to His vision for
you, would you follow Him to the ends of the earth and for eternity? Your vision of God is life changing. If you’re tired of the ordinary, if you’re
fed up with just getting by. Or perhaps
you are a Christian and you haven’t heard from the Lord, you’re unsure of what
God wants you to do. Pray for a bigger
vision of God, pray for God to reveal Himself to you.
