THE RELEVANCE OF PLANNING TO VISION

SCRIPTURE: And the Lord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. – Habakkuk 2:2
 
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: If you cannot meet your daily goal, it is daydream to meet your yearly goal.
 
Vision, the picture of the preferred future, is very important for the fulfilment of God’s purpose for one’s life. However, there are visions people have in life that ended as daydreams because the relevant forces for the fulfilment were not applied. It is one thing to have a vision; it is another thing entirely for the vision to be fulfilled. 
 
Now, there is one vital force that brings vision to fulfilment.
It is called the force of planning!
 
Why is the role of planning critical in fulfilling vision?
1) Vision reveals the prize to be won but planning unveils the price to be paid. 
2) Vision reveals the overall target but planning breaks it down into achievable bits or goals. Vision becomes realistic when it is broken down into bits. If you cannot meet your daily goal, it is daydream to meet your yearly goal.
3) Vision is objective-specific while planning is time-specific. Planning allocates time to what should be done. 
 
Beloved, failure to plan is planning to fail. Do not just have a vision; fulfil the vision by engaging the force of planning.
 
Remember this: If you cannot meet your daily goal, it is daydream to meet your yearly goal.
 
ASSIGNMENT(S):
1. Ask God to give you a vision for living (if you do not have one yet)
2. Develop a workable plan for the fulfilment of the vision.
3. Engage the force of pursuit to carry out what you have planned.
 
PRAYER: O LORD, I ask for a clear vision for my life’s assignment. Give me the grace to embrace the price of planning in order to fulfil my vision in Jesus’ Name.
 
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: VISION AND FULFILMENT (1).
 
QUOTE: The place of prayer is the place of vision. Culled from PRINCIPLES AND POWER OF PRAYER by Dr Paul Enenche.
 
TODAY IN HISTORY – APRIL 13, 1979: The world’s longest doubles ping-pong match ended after 101 hours.
 
AMAZING FACT: One swipe from a tiger’s front paw is strong enough to smash a bear’s skull and even break its spine
 
DAILY READING: Joshua 7:16–9:2, Luke 16:1–18, Psalm 82:1–8,Proverbs 13:2–3.