“Where there is no vision the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18
This Sunday Pastor Nicole will continue our series reflecting on the life of Joseph sharing about the power and challenge to continue dreaming. My two minute conversation with her yesterday about this sermon was enough to tell me this will be a don’t-miss Sunday! The sermon will lead into a discussion about our own dreaming as a church. Earlier this summer our Governing Board resumed a visioning process put on hold at the start of the pandemic. Needless to say, that whole process looks entirely different as the issues before us have changed so significantly. What hasn’t changed is the importance of dreaming and imagining God’s best for us, no matter the present conditions!
It reminds me of an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America some years ago. The host, Charlie Gibson, was interviewing Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest. After talking with him about the experience and the unique techniques he had to use, Gibson brought up a comment that had been made by William F. Buckley who criticized Weihenmayer. Buckley said it was a reckless thing he did. His chances of success were so small, had he failed it would have put rescuers at risk trying to save him. Gibson, asked, “What is your response?” Weihenmayer said, “Well, I’d say he has sight but lacks vision.”
What a great response. If we live by sight we will dare very little, but if we pursue the vision we will dare to dream and risk and ask, “God what do you want to do through my life right now?” Sunday you can begin to join that conversation by sharing just a little with us regarding your future plans for church activity. There will be more ways to share in our dreaming beyond the horizon in future conversations. We are beginning to emerge from a season that has greatly blurred the future. But the future is not blurry to God. God stands ready to reveal and guide those who seek to dream. Remember the challenging proverb, “Where there is no vision the people perish.” Sight gets us through the day. Vision gives us hope for tomorrow.
Rob