The word ‘vision’ is obviously not a new word; we hear it very often. However, have you ever sat down and ponder on it? Why is there so much emphasis on it? Is it as important as that? Maybe the importance is exaggerated, right?
Irrespective of your opinion about it, vision makes people; the people who are ruling our world today are men and women of vision. I am not talking about Yahoo boys, Big Brothers-made celebrities; those who made their popularity through nude pictures or internet-make believe lies. I mean real men and women who are making impact in the world. These are the true stars, people whose lives are worthy of study. These men and women still live through their positive impact, principles, innovations and contributions to human existence even after their death.
Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Benson Idahosa; the list goes on and on. These people can never be forgotten in history until Christ comes. Let nobody deceive or confuse you, this world has ever and will ever be ruled by men and women of vision and insight who saw beyond the physical and through passion bring the invisible, the unthinkable, the unrealistic, the unbelievable to the realm of the physical to show the possibilities in life.
People of vision have proved repeatedly that all things are possible to them that believe according to God’s word. There are certain ideas we may never thought possible or achievable if not for the fact that we have seen some visionaries who had made records that have given others the courage to attempt a much higher, riskier, and difficult vision. For instance, the invention of telephone gave birth to far more modernized devices like the Android phones, IPhones etc. that we use today.
The essence of this long essay you have been reading is to confirm and reconfirm again that vision makes people. Everything we see in our world today is a product of vision; either good visions that have transformed lives and society or bad/corrupt vision which had demoralized many lives and society today. How do I mean? Terrorism is a product of vision, a bad and wicked one. Invention of deadly and sophisticated mass destruction weapons is a product of vision; a bad vision with evil motive.
As a youth, don’t be neither in nor out, cold nor hot. Be very deliberate with life. Do not leave life to chances. Do not be like the wave of the sea that is tossed in any direction by the wind. Never allow the wind of life to toss you up and down, here and there. Take life seriously, ask yourself sincere questions and prayerfully discover your place in life. Not all can be a preacher, not all can be an inventor and not all can be a musician. Do not join a profession because it is selling or because your friends are there. Do not let the economy of your nation make you to settle for a hustling life when God had ordained you as an inventor or a school owner.
Be very deliberate in life!
Remember, your vision is your ticket to the top. It is your ability to see what you want to become in five, ten, twenty years to come. It is to know what aspect of life you are wired to function in.
Whosoever sign a multimillion Dollars music contract for me has just successfully, undoubtedly wasted his money. Except by miracle, I do not belong to that area of life at all, even though I like good songs. In case you want to finish me completely, put me in a hospital to work, I doubt if I can survive five hours.
Vision is that foresight that tells you your area of interest, passion and impact. Let your true passion, potentials and skills sum up to form your vision. By the time you are very clear about your vision, every other thing becomes secondary. The Bible affirms it that where is there is no vision, the people perish. Until you have a clear direction of where you are going, you are obviously going nowhere!
Until next time, go and discover your vision prayerfully, deliberately, passionately and genuinely.
