A Young Man in God's Plan - Chapter 4

Lately, there seems to be a lot of emphasis on the need to have a vision.

"What you are going to do for the Lord must be according to what you have seen of the Lord. Because you have seen something of the Lord, you have to do something for the Lord according to what you have seen."

I feel like I have a new found desire within my heart to see something new of the Lord every time I come to him. I have to admit that many times I am very satisfied with just learning something new, and I become complacent with my knowledge, despite my lack of experience. Sometimes I look at the fact that I was raised as a church kid, so I never had the opportunity to have a startling revelation from the Lord. Coming to know the Lord wasn't necessarily something new to me; it was just the next step in a living that had already been planned out for me. But I really pray that the Lord would grant me a personal visit and a personal vision. No doubt I have seen something of the Lord, but I still pray that the Lord that made my parents drop everything when they were my age would be the same Lord that works in me today.

"Because you have experienced the Lord and seen Him, you have something within you energizing and operating to impel you to serve the Lord in ministering Him to others...If we go to the Lord and spend some time with Him to receive the heavenly vision, we will have a living contact with Christ and be a living, functioning member of His living Body."

That's encouraging. We have the inner life; that's for our daily life; and that will fill the meeting life and our Christian life with Christ. I feel like I'm starting to become more burdened for unbelievers, or even for other nominal Christians to come to know the Lord in a deeper way. In one sense, my only job is to spend time to fellowship with the Lord.

Lord, show me a vision every time I come to your Word. I pray there would be more unveiling. Have mercy on my complacency. I don't want to be satisfied with just knowledge anymore. I want a clear, controlling vision. Lord, make me a diligent believer that regularly fellowships with you. I pray you'd fill my personal Christian life with much Christ so that I can flow out to others. Honor my willingness, Lord. May you gain me fully this semester.