I remember Pastor Sam Adeyemi sharing his story from his early days. He had come to Lagos from Ilorin with nothing more than the bag he was carrying and the clothes on his body. Today, 20 years later, he is known globally as a preacher. Through his ministry, God has brought several people out of poverty, sin, and several other life transforming testimonies have been birthed from his life.
When people see him today, it appears as though he has always been this way. The truth remains that all that we see today were not there some 20 years ago.
What really changed? What happened?
When God gives a man a vision, the vision is locked up within him/her. As the individual begins to take action and to implement the things God is revealing, changes begin to take place in the environment (the people around begin to feel the impact of the vision). Vision is always about people. Scripture says "Where there is no vision, the people perish." This means that people are the ones to be affected by the vision. When it is fulfilled, people will be blessed, when it remain unfulfilled people end up perishing.
Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and have it more abundantly." John wrote saying about Jesus "For this purpose was the Son of God manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil." In Hebrews, it says that "....through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." Jesus fulfilled all this plus more. His life radically transformed the human race once and for all.
The question tonight is "what changes will your vision bring to the world?"
Prayer:
Lord, give me an understanding of my vision. Help me to see that it is meant to transform the lives of people. Lord, keep my vision aflame enough to transform people in Jesus Name.
Oluwatobi Adesanya
For Daily Dealings Youth Devotional
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