THE'NBED qF A VISION {contin*ation}

Satan'sgrcatestattack on the vision that God givescachofus

is our attitude. I ) An attitude thrt says'N obodyehecant sowly
uNobodyappreciatet
anythingI
sbouldL" 2) An attitude that says
don let'sseeutbattbeyfu wbenI dot't."
Faith is the food chat visionslive on. Without faith, our vision
will wicheron the vine.
III. VISION IS THE COURAGB TO DO: ACTION
But when it comesto putting a visioninto action...it involves
other people.
kt me shareto you a story: PaulHarveyOne summermorning
asRay Blankenshipwaspreparing his breakfast;he gazedout
the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the
rain-floodeddrainageditch besidehis Andover, Ohio, home.
Blankenship knew that farther downstream,the ditch
disappearedwith a roat underneatha road and then ertrpcied
into the main culvert. Raydashedout the door and racedalong
the ditch, trying to get aheadofthe founderingchild. Then he
hurled himself into the deep, churning water. Blankenship
surfaccdand was able to grab the child's arm. They tumbled
end over end. !0'ithin about three feet of the yawning culvert,
Ray'sfree hand felt something-possibly a tock-:- protruding
from one bank. He clung desperately,but the trernendous
'1If
forceof the water tried to tear him and the child away. I can
just hang on until help comes," he thought. Hc did better
than that. By thc timc fire-dcpartment tescu€rsartived,
Blankenshiphad pulled the girl to safety.Both were treated
for shock. On April L2, L989, Ray Blankenshipwas awarded
rhc CoastGuard'sSilverLifesavingMedal.The awardis fitting,
for this sclflesspersonwasat evengreatet risk to himself than
most people knew. Ray Blankenshipcan't swim.
- The courageofvision is to say...
'Lard, if that isyoa; let ,ru cone ,oyw ualking ontbewaten'
- Thc counge of vision is to say...
'As meand myboue, ue uill nnte theLord.'
for
- The courageof vision is to say.,
"lf Godbefr u, ubo canbeagaiwt rs.'
- The coutagcof Vsion is to say...
'Tlx rrials of tbit life arc notwor*4 tobeconparedwitb rheglory
ofthenextlife."

In closingchurch, I believethe Lord hasa visionfor our church

and eachof us today.I know it is easyto get discouragedand
to give up on being availableto God to be usedin seeingthe
vigion come to completion. I also koow that unless we are
moving in that direition, we cannot be content in lifc. The
most frightening thing to me about the role of church leaders
in this issueof fulfilling visionsis that wheoyorrlook at Biblical
leaderswho were not obedient to God in the vision He gave
them, cheir followers alwayssufferedthe consequences.
{GeoryeBarna: Visionfr ninistry is a wfiuion of wbat Goduanu to
throtghyot to fuild His Aingdon
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