Failed Vision?

I have to be honest and say that I’ve had a rough summer.  The last 2 months have felt like a real discouragement.

Everything I had hoped would happen over the summer didn’t happen.  In fact, it felt like ministry was a lot harder.

I thought that the summer time would be easier to make new connections with churches, pastors, and worship leaders.  But, in reality, it was harder.  In fact, I had a hard time reaching the people I had previously made connections with.

The distinction between vision and plans

Andy Stanley writes in his book Visioneering, “A vision is what could and should be.  A plan is a guess as to the best way to accomplish a vision.”

Obviously, when we’re prayerfully seeking God’s face to accomplish His vision for our lives we don’t expect to fail.  But you and I know that things don’t always turn out the way we expected.  And that’s okay.

The good things coming out of the summer

A lot of great things did come out of the summer.  I have felt for a long time that I needed to get more in-depth in my study of the scriptures.  And I’m doing that with a friend from church.

Our hope is to come out of our year long study of 1 and 2 Corinthians with a bible study for the multicultural church.

Also, I had the tremendous opportunity to mentor someone on our worship team to get ready to lead at his college.

Finally, I met a wonderful pastor by the name of Jesus E. Ruiz from Peru.  I was at a pastor’s meeting and when he heard that I did multicultural worship he wanted to get together.

Lesson..

Another quote from Andy Stanley’s book says “Be stubborn about the vision.  Be flexible with your plan.”

When it seems like things are turning out the way you expected take some time to revisit the vision.  Then be sure to prayerfully consider a new plan.

What have you done when life got hard?  Did you abandon God’s vision for you or did God refuel you?

Share your story and your life…

Sincerely,
Peter Park
Blogger/Worship Leader/Speaker
peterpark@redemptionboulevard.com
(800) 453-3284

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