Waiting for Vision
“Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. ~Habakkuk 2:3 Vision —what a concept. In Proverbs 29 the statement is made—where there is no vision—meaning a prophetic vision--the people perish. Is that true for our church? Is there a prophetic vision? If there is, I have no idea what it is. But, I am convicted that I must wait, and faithfully work - even though I am clueless about what our vision is…and even though we as a people may perish—and experience more attrition, and loss of people in the congregation. The group appointed to be the “strategic planning” team—has written a vision statement, but it is not a vision. It is a statement of posture, of “where we are now”, in terms of what we want to be…but it does not offer a “vision”. Do we have a vision? Can anyone artic