The Vision Imperative | Mac Hammond
Recap
Pastor Mac entitled his new series, “The Vision Imperative.” He based his message on Proverbs 29:18: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” This is a cut-and-dried statement of scripture. There are no “ands, ifs, or buts” about it. Pastor Mac said, “You can pray to God all you want, but if you have no vision, you will perish.” This series will focus specifically on God’s vision and plan for us individually and personally!
Dive Deeper
Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
Pastor Mac said, “You can pray all you want, but if there is no vision, you will perish.”
The word perish means “a slide toward the death defined by the Bible which is separation from God and/or His purpose.”
Perish means a slide toward death. Death is usually a progression. Ex: Your physical body progressively moves toward death through the aging process. It’s a journey.
The journey toward death can be financial, business, relational, physical, or spiritual. It all begins with having “no vision.”
Having no vision is the most common reason people receive little to nothing from the Lord. Having no vision is the reason why the enemy is able to make headway into your life by bringing his experience of death and cursing.
This year the focus of the series is on the vision God has for “your life.” Without your success in achieving the vision God has for you, you have little to contribute to the larger corporate vision God intends us as a church to embrace.
Pastor Mac said, “In all my decades of ministry, my experience is that the average Christian really doesn’t have a clue about vision.”
Most believers just simply live their lives with a “hope of heaven.” That’s wonderful, for sure, but every believer’s life on this earth matters… it matters to God what quality of life you experience and what you do with your life to promote His purpose in the earth.
It’s important that believers consider vision from the point of view of God’s vision for their lives.
What is vision? It’s a divinely imparted, initiated, and accelerated revelation of God’s purpose for your life.
Vision is an ongoing revelation. God seldom reveals all of His plan for your life in one fell swoop. A revelation of His entire plan might intimidate you or confuse you. For this reason, revelation is usually shown to you on a progressive ongoing basis.
When believers fail to receive a revelation from God regarding their lives, then they will start down a path destined for death. They are still saved and will make it to heaven. But it might be a premature death… perhaps death of a marriage, death of relationships, death of a business, death of financial prosperity. There are many ways in which death can touch your life.
However, we’ve been redeemed from every kind of death through the shed blood of Jesus. We do not have to experience death in this way. But the Bible says even to the redeemed, if you have no vision, then you’ve got no way to go but down.
Let’s read the rest of Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
The conjunction “but” suggests an alternative to perishing. Our understanding of vision should begin by “he that keepeth the law.” In the Old Covenant, the Word of God is called the “Law.”
The first arena of vision that has to be established in our lives is the Word of God. Basically, it puts the moral and ethical boundaries in our lives within which all of the effort we make to align our lives with the purpose of God must take place. The Bible is a revelation of how to be happy.
There is a second source of God’s vision, or God’s revelation, for you of His purpose for your life. This is a personalized vision. You won’t be able to find this personalized vision for your life from the Bible. It answers the questions like, “What am I do to with my life? Where am I supposed to live? What vocation should I pursue?”
God personalizes His plan for your life through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit’s primary ministry to you as a believer is revelation of His will and purpose for your life.
Read About It
Pro. 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
1st Corinthians 2:9, “As it is written, eye has not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered the heart of man the things which God has prepared for them that love Him.”
Discussion Questions
Without a vision, the people perish. What does it mean when it says the people “perish”?
What are the two arenas in which you receive vision for your life?
If someone were to ask you right now, could you tell them what God’s plan is for your life?

ELECTION PRAYER POINTS
As we approach the upcoming election, it is vital for us as the church to do our part and vote, but also to unite our voices and pray. For the next three weeks, we’re going to focus on a vital point of the election to pray over. We ask that you join us in agreement and prayer as we believe that God is going to do a mighty work in our Nation.
Prayer point:
Truth will be revealed, and all evil schemes will be thwarted.
Luke 12:2-3
Isaiah 54:17
Psalm 91
Job 34:21-29
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