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“Lost in the Detail”

By Ps AJ Chuson of Zeal Youth and Young Adults

Many of us have high hopes and dreams of what God is going to do for our God given vision, at times we even ask for giant signs like “God, if this is for me, part these waters like you did for Moses”. Or at times it may be an interesting request like “God, if this is for me, give me the name of this person or thing 7 times this week so I know it’s from you.”

As trusting as this may seem, this can quickly become a toxic approach to pursuing your God given vision, promise or direction. The reason for this is because you’re no longer trusting God in the process, but you’re trying to control the situation that you are in by limiting God to what you will allow as “God-like”. You can try and refute this, but the honest truth is that when you start praying like this and you think it will narrow down the direction for you, but in reality you’re only narrowing down what you receive. Which is completely counter intuitive. 

As mentioned in Day 1 of this Bible Plan, you are worth every vision that God places into your heart. Not because of what you’ve done or what you’re to do, but you’re worth it because you are who God created you to be. A vision unto you is a God given investment. It isn’t a suggestion, it isn’t an option, it isn’t a choice to make, it’s an investment that God is placing into you, where He is for believing yield and return of multiplication and fruitfulness. 

God had placed that vision with an expectation of increase, not only for His kingdom but also your personal life. Knowing this now introduces a new word into the mix- expectation. What are you expecting from your vision? Or perhaps the better question is, what are you expecting in yourself for your vision? At times we may pray relentlessly to the point of begging for God to bless us right here right now, but can we handle the blessing? 

God is an incredible investor, and so He wouldn’t invest into something that will fail. This is important to remember- If God has placed a vision into your heart He did not place it in there for it to be a failure. It may take some time, it may come with challenges, it may cost a lot more than expected, it may not make any logical sense, all this and possibly more- one thing is for sure, God will never place a promise there to be a failure. 

However, this does not give allowance for you to not do a thing, you need to be intentional, make steps forward. But then you’d ask “Hey, that’s a life of works and not faith”- Faith without works is dead, if you want to exemplify faith it is done through acts of faith and trust in the Lord. You must illustrate this trust and not just say it.

Questions:

1. What are your expectations for that vision and what are God’s expectations for that vision?

2. Do you believe you are worthy of His investment? Why?

3. List 5 different ways you can intentionally illustrate trust in God